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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

ENCAENIA

ENCAENIA En *cæ "ni *a, n. pl.

 

Defn: = Encenia.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

Encaenia

Encaenia |ɛnˈsiːnɪə | ▶noun an annual celebration at Oxford University in memory of founders and benefactors. ORIGIN late 17th cent.: via Latin from Greek enkainia ‘dedication festival ’ (based on kainos ‘new ’).

 

Oxford Dictionary

Encaenia

Encaenia |ɛnˈsiːnɪə | ▶noun an annual celebration at Oxford University in memory of founders and benefactors. ORIGIN late 17th cent.: via Latin from Greek enkainia ‘dedication festival ’ (based on kainos ‘new ’).