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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Plural of epinicion.

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  • And having received the guilty to his mercy without distinction, upon the following day he would unite _his_ joy with _their_ joy, and would chant hymns of victory (_epinicia_) -- "which by the way," said he, suddenly, breaking off to his favorite pursuits, "it is necessary that I should immediately compose."

    The Caesars Thomas De Quincey 1822

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