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‖ parentalia, n. pl.|pærənˈteɪlɪə|
[L. parentālia lit. parental things or rites.]
Among the ancient Romans, Periodical observances in honour of dead parents or relations; also transf. as title of a work (so L. in Ausonius).
1706in Phillips. 1750Wren (title) Parentalia, or Memoirs of the Family of the Wrens. 1801Shaw in Southey's Thalaba viii. note, For..two or three months after any person is interred, the female relations go once a week to weep over the grave, and perform their parentalia upon it. |