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Compitalia

Compitalia proper noun: an annual Ancient Roman festival in honour of the Lares Compitales, household deities of the crossroads, to whom sacrifices were offered at the places where two or more ways met.

Proper noun

Compitalia

  1. (historical) An annual Ancient Roman festival in honour of the Lares Compitales, household deities of the crossroads, to whom sacrifices were offered at the places where two or more ways met.

Questions about Compitalia

What does Compitalia mean?
Compitalia means an annual Ancient Roman festival in honour of the Lares Compitales, household deities of the crossroads, to whom sacrifices were offered at the places where two or more ways met.
What part of speech is Compitalia?
Compitalia is a proper noun.

Words near Compitalia in the dictionary

  1. compinged
  2. compinging
  3. compings
  4. compiss
  5. compital
  6. Compitalia
  7. Compiègne
  8. compl.
  9. complacence
  10. complacences
  11. complacencies

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