Having some of the characteristics of an amphitheatre.
1829, "Metropolitan Improvements", in The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction, Vol. 13, No. 361, page 184http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/13578A new Chapel, of novel design, being of an amphitheatrical form, has been recently completed, from the designs of W. Brooks, architect.
1852, w, w:The Blithedale Romance Chapter , The hall was fitted up with an amphitheatrical descent of seats towards a platform, on which stood a desk, two lights, a stool, and a capacious antique chair.
1919, John Reed (journalist), ,In the high, amphitheatrical Nicolai Hall that afternoon I saw the Duma sitting in permanence, tempestuous, grouping around it all the forces of opposition.
