Lemuralia

American  

[lem-yuh-rey-lee-uh, -reyl-yuh] / ˌlɛm yəˈreɪ li ə, -ˈreɪl yə /

noun

(sometimes used with a plural verb)

1. the annual festival in ancient Rome in which the lemures, or family ghosts, were exorcised from houses.

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Example Sentences

The Athenians had their annual Νεκύσια or Νεμέσεια and the Romans their Feralia and Lemuralia.

From Project Gutenberg

They were so feared that a festival, called the Lemuralia, was celebrated in order to propitiate them.

From Project Gutenberg

The sign of "le corna,"—the first and fourth fingers extended, the others turned down and the thumb closed over them,—still used against the Evil Eye in Italy, was a mystic sign used by the Romans in the festival of Lemuralia.

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