Saturnals

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Saturnals

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From Middle French saturnales, saturnelles. By surface analysis, Saturnal + -s.

proper noun Saturnals · the Saturnals

  1. plural, plural only Synonym of Saturnalia (“ancient Roman holiday”). In which feaſts and ſolemnities, we uſe to ſit with great contentment of minde, arraied decently according to our degree and calling, (for […] no man hungreth or faſteth during the Saturnals:) […]

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@misc{saturnals_2026,
  title = {Saturnals},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/saturnals},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}