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Definition of Secular games

1. Noun. The centennial rites and games of ancient Rome that marked the commencement of a new generation (100 years representing the longest life in a generation); observances may have begun as early as the 5th century BC and lasted well into the Christian era.

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Literary usage of Secular games

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon (1899)
"Every circumstance of the secular games was skilfully adapted to inspire the superstitious mind with deep and solemn reverence. The long interval between ..."

2. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon (1914)
"Every circumstance ' of the secular games was skilfully adapted to inspire the ... When the popish jubilees, the copy of the secular games, were invented by ..."

3. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon (1850)
"Every circumstance of the secular games was skilfully adapted to inspire the superstitious mind with deep and solemn reverence. The long interval between ..."

4. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon (1820)
"Evry circumstance of the secular games was skilfully adapted to inspire the superstitious mind with deep and solemn reverence. The long interval between ..."

5. The History of Christianity by Henry Hart Milman (1840)
"secular games. AD 247. tiers of his peaceful predecessor, were exposed to the suspicions and the hatred of the rude and warlike Maximin. ..."

6. The History of Christianity: From the Birth of Christ to the Abolition of by Henry Hart Milman (1840)
"Yet it might be fortunate that a sovereign of his mild sentiments towards the new faith filled the throne at a period when the secular games, games. .. j ..."

7. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon, William Smith (1862)
"Every circumstance of the secular games was skilfully adapted to inspire the ... 8s The idea of the secular games is best understood from the poem of Horace ..."

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