Obs. rare–1. [Anglicized form of STADIUM. Cf. STADE1.] = STADIUM 2.
c. 1374. Chaucer, Boeth., IV. pr. iii. (1868), 119. Yif a man renneþ in þe stadie or in þe forlonge for þe corone, þan lieþ þe mede in þe corone for whiche he renneþ.
