Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In Roman antiquity, public games celebrated every fifth year. See
quinquennial , n., 2.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun plural (Rom. Antiq.) Public games celebrated every five years.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Public
games celebrated everyfive years inAncient Rome .
Etymologies
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Latin
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Examples
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Theodosius determined to antedate by a year his own decennalia, and unite them with the quinquennalia of his son.
Gathering Clouds: A Tale of the Days of St. Chrysostom 1831-1903 1895
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Fiebant ergo vota quinquennalia phmo anno initx dignitatis • (ed fblvebantur exadio 4u (lro j tum decennalia nuncupa - iMntur» luilro altero demum completo folvenda.
Lucii Caecilii Firmiani Lactantii De mortibus persecutorum, cum notis Stephani Baluzii ... Lactantius, Paul Bauldri, Etienne Baluze , Nicolas Thoynard , Johan Columbus , Thomas Spark , Joannes Georgius Graevius, Gisbertus Cuperus, Elias Boherellus, Thomas Gale 1692
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