Definition of Saturnelia
Saturnalia, a festival in ancient Rome in honour of Saturn, in which
all classes, free and bond, and young and old, enjoyed and indulged in
all kinds of merriment without restraint.
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Sat`ur*na"li*a (?), n. pl. [L. See
Saturn.] 1. (Rom. Antiq.) The
festival of Saturn, celebrated in December, originally during one day,
but afterward during seven days, as a period of unrestrained license
and merriment for all classes, extending even to the slaves.
2. Hence: A period or occasion of general
license, in which the passions or vices have riotous
indulgence.
Sat`ur*na"li*a (?), n. pl. [L. See
Saturn.] 1. (Rom. Antiq.) The
festival of Saturn, celebrated in December, originally during one day,
but afterward during seven days, as a period of unrestrained license
and merriment for all classes, extending even to the slaves.
2. Hence: A period or occasion of general
license, in which the passions or vices have riotous
indulgence.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- (In Ancient Rome) A holiday to mark the Winter solstice.
Translingual
- a taxonomic genus, within order Saurischia - a dinosaur from the Triassic period
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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