tournament

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
tournament/ˈtʊənəmənt/

▶noun

• 1 a series of contests between a number of competitors, competing for an overall prize.

• 2 a medieval sporting event in which knights jousted with blunted weapons for a prize.

• 3 a modern event involving display of military techniques and exercises.

– origin ME: from Anglo-Norman Fr. vars of OFr. torneiement, from torneier (see tourney).