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Festival in French city I attend, initially
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encaenia
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Encaenia \En*c[ae]"ni*a\, n. pl. same as Encenia .
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Encaenia is an academic or sometimes ecclesiastical ceremony , usually performed at colleges or universities . It generally occurs some time near the annual ceremony for the general conferral of degrees to students. The word is from Latin , meaning dedication ...
Usage examples of encaenia.
The university of Oxford having conferred the office of their chancellor, vacant by the death of the earl of Arran, upon another nobleman of equal honour and integrity, namely, the earl of Westmoreland, he made a public entrance into that celebrated seat of learning with great magnificence, and was installed amidst the Encaenia, which were celebrated with such classical elegance of pomp, as might have rivalled the chief Roman festival of the Augustan age.
The Speech-day of a Public School if combined with considerably more than the license of the Oxford Encaenia or degree day here in May week would perhaps be the nearest modern equivalent of these medieval exhibitions of rising talent.