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Saturnalians
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saturnalians
English
Etymology
From en Saturnalian s<id:pluralia tantum>.
Noun
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en rare en Saturnalia.
en 1969 1968 Rodolfo Benavides Marian Taylor Lee Was Jesus Born on the 25th of December? Dramatic Prophecies of the Great Pyramidby Rodolfo Benavides; Translation of the Fourth Edition Which Appeared in Mexico, 1968 Mexico City Editores Mexicanos Unidos 188 https://archive.org/details/dramaticpropheci0000rodo_v4e7/page/188/mode/1up 81799037 The Saturnalians were festivals dedicated to Saturn and were rooted in very primitive times. es:Las saturnales eran fiestas dedicadas a Saturno y servían para recordar los primitivos tiempos.
en 1995 William V. Dunning Fools, Dream Painters, and the Mad Muse The Roots of Postmodernism Englewood Cliffs, N.J. w:Prentice Hall 157 https://archive.org/details/rootsofpostmoder0000dunn/page/157/mode/1up 0-13-097387-4 The famous Saturnalians—feasts of unrestrained drinking and merrymaking—that the Romans had habitually celebrated during the month of December eventually evolved under Christianity into clerical Saturnalians “in which mighty persons were humbled, sacred things profaned, laws relaxed and ethical ideals reversed” (Enid Welsford 1961, 201).
en 1997 June 1997 July Pax Germania #104 Lepanto 4-ever LIII Nyköping, Södermanland Per Ö Westling 23 https://archive.org/details/Lepanto_4-Ever_53-1997-06/page/n22/mode/1up 244573973 Jupiter - All: I just had it explained in Gothenburg that the battle is like in Civi i.e., Civilization; what a waste of money Leader was then… Come on the Saturnalians!
Related terms
en Saturnals
Noun
en noun form
en Saturnalian