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Hilaria|hɪˈlɛərɪə|
[L., neut. pl. of hilaris hilarious.]
A festival in honour of Cybele, celebrated at the vernal equinox. (See quots.)
1738Chambers Cycl., The Hilaria were solemnized with great pomp, and rejoicing. 1842W. Smith Dict. Gr. & Roman Antiq. 482/2 The hilaria were..either private or public. Among the former..the day on which a person married, and on which a son was born; among the latter, those days of public rejoicings appointed by a new emperor. 1907L. R. Farnell Cults Gk. States III. 301 The Attis-festival of the Hilaria. 1968Encycl. Brit. II. 147/1 April Fool's Day..resembles the Hilaria of ancient Rome (March 25) and the Huli festival of India. |