Main Entry: en·cae·nia

Pronunciation: \en-ˈsē-nyə\

Function: noun plural but singular or plural in construction

Usage: often capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Latin, dedication festival, from Greek enkainia, from en + kainos new — more at recent

Date: 1691

: an annual university ceremony (as at Oxford) of commemoration with recital of poems and essays and conferring of degrees