HyperDic: secular_games

English > 1 sense of the expression secular games:
NOUNactsecular games, Ludi Saecularesthe centennial rites and games of ancient Rome that marked the commencement of a new generation (100 years representing the longest life in a generation)
English > secular games: 1 sense > noun 1, act
MeaningThe 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.
SynonymLudi Saeculares
Broadercelebration, festivityAny joyous diversion
Usage ofplural, plural formThe form of a word that is used to denote more than one
Catalanjocs seculars, Ludi Saeculares

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