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noun
The festival and religious rituals sometimes observed celebrating a Roman emperor's 15th year of rule.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical
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History
From Latin quīndecennālia, from quīndecennium (“15-year period”) + -ālia (“-alia: forming the names of festivals”), from quīndecennis (“15-year”) + -ium (“-ium: forming abstract nouns”). Equivalent to quin- + decennalia, quindec- + ennalia, or Latin quindecennium + -alia.
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