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CIDE DICTIONARY

encenia

CIDE DICTIONARY

encenian. pl. [LL. encaenia, fr. Gr. a feast of dedication; in + new.].
     A festival commemorative of the founding of a city or the consecration of a church; also, the ceremonies (as at Oxford and Cambridge, England) commemorative of founders or benefactors.  [1913 Webster]

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