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- adjective mythology, astrology Of or pertaining to the Ancient
Roman god Saturn or to the correspondingplanetary entity inastrology .
Etymologies
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From Latin saturnalis, itself from the Roman god Saturnus + -alis '-al'
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Examples
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They were all around "mas 'William;" nothing doubting but that the saturnal of the preceding evening would be extended to the catastrophe of the occurrence which produced it.
Master William Mitten: or, A Youth of Brilliant Talents, Who Was Ruined by Bad Luck 1864
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A riot rare as original -- a true saturnal of savages.
The Lone Ranche Mayne Reid 1850
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