— pancratic /pan krat"ik/ , adj.
/pan kray"shee euhm/ , n. , pl. pancratia /-shee euh/ .
(in ancient Greece) an athletic contest combining wrestling and boxing.
[ 1595-1605; pankrátion all-power exercise (n. use of neut. adj.), equiv. to pan- PAN- + krát ( os ) strength, mastery + -ion, neut. of -ios adj. suffix ]