Encaenia

Chisleu there are eight days of the Encaenia [or feast of Dedication], in which time it is not lawful either to weep or fast.

From the Talmud and Hebraica 1602-1675 1979

Encaenia was kept everywhere throughout the whole land.

From the Talmud and Hebraica 1602-1675 1979

Encaenia or ` Dedication 'in the Gospel (John 10.22).

The Life of the Blessed Virgin Mary 1774-1824 1954

Last evening I had a note from Marion and she says they had a most delightful time at the Encaenia and spoke of two young gentlemen who graduated with the highest honors.

Marguerite Verne Rebecca Agatha Armour

The first critical stage of events was soon marked by the re-adoption of the Semi-Arian Creed of Antioch, known popularly as the "Creed of the Encaenia", or "Creed of the Dedication" (he en tois egkainiois) which was a negatively unsatisfactory profession of faith -- the only distinct character about it being that it was Anti-Nicene in scope and had been framed by men who had deliberately confirmed the deposition of St. Athanasius.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 1: Aachen-Assize 1840-1916 1913

The psalm may have been used at the Feast of the Dedication of the Temple, the Encaenia

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 12: Philip II-Reuss 1840-1916 1913

And, after the Encaenia at which the degree was actually given, he wrote: “I felt sure I should be well received, because there is so much of an Oxford character about what I have written, and the undergraduates are the last people to bear one a grudge for having occasionally chaffed them.”

Matthew Arnold Russell, G W E 1904

Here, all there is to see is a competition of boats, manned by England's best youth, upon a noble river, flowing, in Virgilian phrase, "under ancient walls"; a city of romance, given up for a few days to the pleasure of the young, and breathing into that pleasure her own refining, exalting note; a stately ceremony -- the Encaenia -- going back to the infancy of

A Writer's Recollections — Volume 1 Humphry Ward 1885

Dear Mr. Reeve, -- I shall be proud to propose H. R.H.'s (the Duc d'Aumale's) name for an H.norary Degree at the next Encaenia.

Memoirs of the Life and Correspondence of Henry Reeve, C.B., D.C.L. In Two Volumes. Volume II. John Knox Laughton 1872

The Encaenia and publick collections of the university upon state subjects, were never in such esteem, either for elegy or congratulation, as when he contributed most largely to them; and it was natural for those who knew his peculiar way of writing, to turn to his share in the work, as by far the most relishing part of the entertainment.

Lives of the Poets, Volume 1 Samuel Johnson 1746