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quinquennalia

quinquennalia noun: the festival and religious rituals sometimes observed celebrating a Roman emperor's 5th year of rule.

quinquennalia: the festival and religious rituals sometimes observed celebrating a Roman emperor's 5th year of rule
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Noun

quinquennalia (plural quinquennalia or quinquennalias)

  1. (historical) The festival and religious rituals sometimes observed celebrating a Roman emperor's 5th year of rule.
    Synonyms:
    quinquennial, quinquennials, quinquennal, quinquennals

Synonyms of quinquennalia

Forms of quinquennalia

pluralquinquennalia
pluralquinquennalias

Origin of quinquennalia

From Latin quīnquennālia, from quīnquennium (“5-year period”) + -ālia (“-alia: forming the names of festivals”), from quīnquennis (“5-year”) + -ium (“-ium: forming abstract nouns”). Equivalent to quinquennium + -alia.

Questions about quinquennalia

What does quinquennalia mean?
Quinquennalia means the festival and religious rituals sometimes observed celebrating a Roman emperor's 5th year of rule.
What part of speech is quinquennalia?
Quinquennalia is a noun.
What is the plural of quinquennalia?
The plural of quinquennalia is quinquennalia.

Words near quinquennalia in the dictionary

  1. quinqueloculinids
  2. quinquenary
  3. quinquenerved
  4. quinquenium
  5. quinquennal
  6. quinquennalia
  7. quinquennalian
  8. quinquennalias
  9. quinquennary
  10. quinquennia
  11. quinquenniad

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