Definitions for lupercalia
ˌlu pərˈkeɪ li ə, -ˈkeɪl yəlu·per·cali·a

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1. Lupercalianoun

   An ancient pastoral festival observed in mid-February to avert evil spirits and purify the city.

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1. Lupercalia

   Lupercalia was a pastoral festival of Ancient Rome observed annually on February 15 to purify the city, promoting health and fertility. Lupercalia was also known as dies Februatus, after the purification instruments called februa, the basis for the month named Februarius.

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1. Lupercalia

   a feast of the Romans in honor of Lupercus, or Pan

2. Etymology: [L. luperealis, fr. Lupercus the Lycean Pan, so called fr. lupus a wolf, because he kept off the wolves.]

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1. Lupercalia

   Lupercalia was a very ancient, possibly pre-Roman pastoral festival, observed on February 13 through 15 to avert evil spirits and purify the city, releasing health and fertility. Lupercalia subsumed Februa, an earlier-origin spring cleansing ritual held on the same date, which gives the month of February its name. The name Lupercalia was believed in antiquity to evince some connection with the Ancient Greek festival of the Arcadian Lykaia and the worship of Lycaean Pan, assumed to be a Greek equivalent to Faunus, as instituted by Evander. In Roman mythology, Lupercus is a god sometimes identified with the Roman god Faunus, who is the Roman equivalent of the Greek god Pan. Lupercus is the god of shepherds. His festival, celebrated on the anniversary of the founding of his temple on February 15, was called the Lupercalia. His priests wore goatskins. The historian Justin mentions an image of "the Lycaean god, whom the Greeks call Pan and the Romans Lupercus," nude save for the girdle of goatskin, which stood in the Lupercal, the cave where Romulus and Remus were suckled by a she-wolf. There, on the Ides of February, a goat and a dog were sacrificed, and salt mealcakes prepared by the Vestal Virgins were burnt.

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1. Lupercalia

   a Roman festival held on Feb. 15 in honour of Lupercus, regarded as the god of fertility, in the celebration of which dogs and goats were sacrificed and their skins cut up into thongs, with which the priests ran through the city striking every one, particularly women, that threw themselves in their way.

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1. Lupercalia

   A Roman festival in honour of Lupercus, the god of fertility. This occurred on the 15th of February.

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1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of lupercalia in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of lupercalia in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

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References

1. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Lupercalia
2. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lupercalia
3. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lupercalia
4. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=lupercalia
5. ^ The Nuttall Encyclopedia
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/12342/pg12342-images.html#Lupercalia
6. ^ Etymology and Origins
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/54657/pg54657-images.html#:~:text=lupercalia