Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Pancratium \Pan*cra"ti*um\, n. [L., fr. Gr. ? a complete
   contest, fr. ? all-powerful; ?, ?, all + ? strength.]
   1. (Gr. Antiq.) An athletic contest involving both boxing and
      wrestling.

   2. (Bot.) A genus of Old World amaryllideous bulbous plants,
      having a funnel-shaped perianth with six narrow spreading
      lobes. The American species are now placed in the related
      genus {Hymenocallis}.