n. In anc. Rom. arch., an edifice devoted to the exhibition of gladiatorial contests and the combats of wild beasts.n. Anything resembling an amphitheater in form, as an oval or circular building with seats rising behind and above each other around a central open space, or a natural area surrounded by rising ground; in horticulture, a sloping arrangement of shrubs and trees.n. The uppermost gallery of a modern theater.