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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. the 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;
[syn: Ludi Saeculares, secular games]



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

Ludi Saeculares
    n 1: the 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 [syn: Ludi Saeculares,
         secular games]