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Webster 1913 Edition


Encenia

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En-ce′ni-a

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Noun.
pl.
[LL.
encaenia
, fr. Gr. [GREEK] a feast of dedication; [GREEK] in + [GREEK] new.]
A festival commemorative of the founding of a city or the consecration of a church; also, the ceremonies (as at Oxford and Cambridge, England) commemorative of founders or benefactors.