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decennalia

decennalia noun: the festival and religious rituals celebrating a Roman emperor's 10th year of rule.

decennalia: the festival and religious rituals celebrating a Roman emperor's 10th year of rule
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Noun (1)

decennalia (plural decennalia or decennalias)

  1. (historical) The festival and religious rituals celebrating a Roman emperor's 10th year of rule.
    • Seven pieces celebrate the Decennalia of Arcadius, which were due on Jan. 15, 393.1915, Arthur Evans, "Notes on the Coinage and Silver Currency in Roman Britain from Valentinian I to Constantine III", Numismatic Chronicle..., 4th Ser., Vol. 15, p. 436
    • The exact timing of the tenth and twentieth anniversaries, the decennalia and the vicennalia, has already been discussed at length. The most straightforward solution, that it took place on the emperor's dies imperii ten years after the accession, has its adherents. However, a date earlier in the...2005, Jakob Munk Højte, Roman Imperial Statue Bases from Augustus to Commodus, p. 157

Noun (2) capitalized: Decennalia

Decennalia (plural Decennalia or Decennalias)

  1. Alternative letter-case form of decennalia.
    • Seven pieces celebrate the Decennalia of Arcadius, which were due on Jan. 15, 393.1915, Arthur Evans, "Notes on the Coinage and Silver Currency in Roman Britain from Valentinian I to Constantine III", Numismatic Chronicle..., 4th Ser., Vol. 15, p. 436

Synonyms of decennalia

Forms of decennalia

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Origin of decennalia

From Latin decennālia, from decennium (“10-year period”) + -ālia (“-alia: forming the names of festivals”), from decennis (“10-year”) + -ium (“-ium: forming abstract nouns”). Equivalent to decennium + -alia.

Questions about decennalia

What does decennalia mean?
Decennalia means the festival and religious rituals celebrating a Roman emperor's 10th year of rule.
What part of speech is decennalia?
Decennalia is a noun.
What is the plural of decennalia?
The plural of decennalia is decennalia.

Words near decennalia in the dictionary

  1. decene
  2. decener
  3. deceners
  4. decenes
  5. decennal
  6. decennalia
  7. decennalian
  8. decennalias
  9. decennaries
  10. decennary
  11. decennia

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