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Webster 1913 Edition

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Noun.

[L.

monomachia

, Gr. [GREEK], fr. [GREEK] fighting in single combat;

μόνοσ

single, alone + [GREEK] to fight.]

A duel; single combat.

“The duello or monomachia.”

Sir W. Scott.

Noun.

[Gr. sole, and combat.] A duel; a single combat.

monomachy ‎(plural monomachies)

(now rare) A fight or other contest between two people or forces; a duel; single combat. [from 16th c.]
- 1621, Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, II.1.3:
  He that shall observe […] so much emulation, envy, so many brawls, quarrels, monomachies, etc., may well require what is become of charity?
- 1951, C. S. Lewis, Prince Caspian, Collins, 1998, Chapter 13,
  Wherefore we most heartily provoke, challenge, and defy your Lordship to the said combat and monomachy […]