encaenia

noun plural but singular or plural in construction, en·cae·nia often capitalized \en-ˈsē-nyə\

Definition of ENCAENIA

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

New Latin, from Latin, dedication festival, from Greek enkainia, from en + kainos new — more at recent

First Known Use: 1691

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