Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Encenia

Encenia , noun, plural

[Late Latin encaenia, from Greek {not transcribed} a feast of dedication; {not transcribed} in + {not transcribed} new.]

A festival commemorative of the founding of a city or the consecration of a church; also, the ceremonies (as at Oxford and Cambridge, England) commemorative of founders or benefactors.