ENCAENIA


Meaning of ENCAENIA in English

enˈsēnyə, inˈ-, -nēə noun plural but singular or plural in construction

Usage: sometimes capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Latin, dedication festival, from Greek enkainia, from en in + -kainia (from kainos new) — more at in , recent

: an annual university ceremony (as at Oxford University) of commemoration with recital of poems and essays and conferring of degrees

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