quindecennalia

noun

1. The festival and religious rituals sometimes observed celebrating a Roman emperor's 15th year of rule.

   historical

   There is evidence, that the quindecennalia, of fifteenth anniversary of Trajan's proconsular authority, and of his adoption to the empire, was celebrated in 111, or the year after Pliny's arrival in Bithynia.

Where it comes from

From Latin quīndecennālia, from quīndecennium (“15-year period”) + -ālia (“-alia: forming the names of festivals”), from quīndecennis (“15-year”) + -ium (“-ium: forming abstract nouns”). Equivalent to quin- + decennalia, quindec- + Latin ennalia, or Latin quindecennium + -alia.

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry quindecennalia (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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