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SECULAR GAMES
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Dictionary entry overview: What does secular games mean?
• SECULAR GAMES (noun)
The noun SECULAR GAMES has 1 sense:
1. the centennial rites and games of ancient Rome that marked the commencement of a new generation (100 years representing the longest life in a generation); observances may have begun as early as the 5th century BC and lasted well into the Christian era
Familiarity information: SECULAR GAMES used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The centennial rites and games of ancient Rome that marked the commencement of a new generation (100 years representing the longest life in a generation); observances may have begun as early as the 5th century BC and lasted well into the Christian era
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
Ludi Saeculares; secular games
Hypernyms ("secular games" is a kind of...):
celebration; festivity (any joyous diversion)
Domain usage:
plural; plural form (the form of a word that is used to denote more than one)
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