English Explanatory Dictionary

quinquennalia

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The festival and religious rituals sometimes observed celebrating a Roman emperor's 5th year of rule.

Word forms

quinquennalia quinquennalias

Etymology

From Latin quīnquennālia, from quīnquennium (“5-year period”) + -ālia (“-alia: forming the names of festivals”), from quīnquennis (“5-year”) + -ium (“-ium: forming abstract nouns”). Equivalent to quinquennium + -alia.

Synonyms

quinquennial quinquennials quinquennal quinquennals
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