Usually means: Ceremony for conferring academic degrees.
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  1. encaenia: Merriam-Webster
  2. Encaenia: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. encaenia: Collins English Dictionary
  4. Encaenia: Wiktionary
  5. encaenia: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  6. encaenia: Infoplease Dictionary
  7. Encaenia, encaenia: Dictionary.com
  8. Encaenia: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
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  10. encaenia: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  11. encaenia: TheFreeDictionary.com

Definitions from Wiktionary (Encaenia)

noun:  The eight days of celebration for the dedication of the church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem.
noun:  An academic ceremony in which degrees or awards are given out.
noun:  A festival held to mark the anniversary of the dedication of a church or temple; (especially), of the Temple at Jerusalem.
noun:  The annual commemoration service of founders and benefactors of Oxford University.

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