'Fora' definitions:

Definition of 'Fora'

From: GCIDE
  • Forum \Fo"rum\, n.; pl. E. Forums, L. Fora. [L.; akin to foris, foras, out of doors. See Foreign.]
  • 1. A market place or public place in Rome, where causes were judicially tried, and orations delivered to the people. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. A tribunal; a court; an assembly empowered to hear and decide causes. [1913 Webster]
  • He [Lord Camden] was . . . more eminent in the senate than in the forum. --Brougham. [1913 Webster]