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Lupercalia

[ loo-per-key-lee-uh, 鈥-keyl-yuh ]

noun

plural Lupercalia, Lupercalias.
  1. a festival held in ancient Rome on the 15th of February to promote fertility and ward off disasters.


Lupercalia

/ 藢濒耻藧辫蓽藧藞办别瑟濒瑟蓹 /

noun

  1. an ancient Roman festival of fertility, celebrated annually on Feb 15 See also Saint Valentine's Day
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • 藢尝耻辫别谤藞肠补濒颈补苍, adjective
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of Lupercalia1

Latin, from 尝耻辫别谤肠腻濒颈蝉 belonging to Lupercus, a Roman god of the flocks
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Historians believe that Valentine's Day is rooted in the Roman love and fertility festival, Lupercalia, and was a move by Gelasius I to Christianise pagan traditions.

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Some believe that Valentine鈥檚 Day is an offshoot from the ancient festival of Lupercalia, a raucous Roman fertility rite held in the middle of February.

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Lewis also shared with Fox News the story of the pagan celebration Lupercalia.

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She explained that Lupercalia was celebrated in Rome between February 13鈥15 to stave off evil and celebrate fertility.

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Chapter 14, 鈥淟upercalia,鈥 finds Sabrina and Nick taking part in the Academy鈥檚 annual celebration of teenage debauchery.

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