English Explanatory Dictionary

tricennalia

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The festival and religious rituals celebrating a Roman emperor's 30th year of rule.
noun
  1. Alternative letter-case form of tricennalia.

Word forms

tricennalia tricennalias

Etymology

From Latin trīcennālia, from trīcennium (“30-year period”) + -ālia (“-alia: forming the names of festivals”), from trīcennis (“30-year”) + -ium (“forming abstract nouns”), from trīciēs (“thirty each”) + annus (“year”) + -is (“forming compound adjectives”). Equivalent to tricennium + -alia.

Synonyms

tricennial festival tricennial celebration
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