En-cē'ni-a, n. pl.

n. pl. [Gr. ἐγκαίνια, a feast of dedication, from ἐν, in, and καινός, new; Fr. encénies.] Festivals anciently kept on the days on which cities were built or churches consecrated; and, in later times, ceremonies renewed at certain periods, as at Oxford, at the celebration of founders and benefactors. Hook.