English Explanatory Dictionary

vicennalia

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The festival and religious rituals celebrating a Roman emperor's 20th year of rule.
noun
  1. Alternative letter-case form of vicennalia.

Word forms

vicennalia vicennalias

Etymology

From Latin vīcennālia, from vīcennium (“20-year period”) + -ālia (“-alia: forming the names of festivals”), from vicennis (“20-year”) + -ium (“forming abstract nouns”), from vīciēs (“twenty each”) + annus (“year”) + -is (“forming compound adjectives”). Equivalent to vicennium + -alia.

Synonyms

vicennial vicennials
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