On this page you'll find 10+ example sentences with Saturnalia. Discover the meaning, synonyms such as festival or revel and how to use the word correctly in a sentence.
Saturnalia in a sentence
Saturnalia meaning
An Ancient Roman holiday honoring the deity Saturn.
Synonyms of Saturnalia
Using Saturnalia
- The main meaning on this page is: An Ancient Roman holiday honoring the deity Saturn.
- Useful related words include: festival, revel, drunken revelry, bacchanalia.
- In the example corpus, saturnalia often appears in combinations such as: of saturnalia, saturnalia on, saturnalia who.
Context around Saturnalia
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22.1 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 7 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 12 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Saturnalia
- In this selection, "saturnalia" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 22.1 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, celebrated, undefeated, roman, stole, festivities and devoted stand out and add context to how "saturnalia" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include davies the saturnalia and festival of saturnalia. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "saturnalia" sits close to words such as aami, abada and abbottabad, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with saturnalia
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Macrobius (translated by Percival V. Davies): The Saturnalia. (8 words)
The portion of Saturnalia devoted to Ops was "Opalia", similar to opalus. (12 words)
However, evidence is insufficient to establish a direct origin from Saturnalia or other ancient festivals. (15 words)
Lemaire’s colt had a brief lead in the final dash of the 2,000-meter race, but Saturnalia stole the show when it sprinted past the second favorite in the final stretch. (33 words)
The Church also allowed the first Christmases to be celebrated more or less like the Saturnalia festivities to co-opt most of the new pagan convert in those days, into the fold. (32 words)
This year attention will focus on a horse called Saturnalia, who goes into the Derby unbeaten, and statistically faces a hard task, with only three other Derby winners fitting that profile. (31 words)
Example sentences (12)
The custom, which can also involve senior personnel serving a festive meal to those of lower rank, has its roots in the Roman festival of Saturnalia.
The Romans celebrated Saturnalia on that day in honour of Saturn and later the unconquered sun.
On Sunday he’ll ride the undefeated Saturnalia, who is regarded as a potential champion, in the Japan Derby.
This year attention will focus on a horse called Saturnalia, who goes into the Derby unbeaten, and statistically faces a hard task, with only three other Derby winners fitting that profile.
Lemaire’s colt had a brief lead in the final dash of the 2,000-meter race, but Saturnalia stole the show when it sprinted past the second favorite in the final stretch.
The Church also allowed the first Christmases to be celebrated more or less like the Saturnalia festivities to co-opt most of the new pagan convert in those days, into the fold.
For the start of the Roman Saturnalia, on December 17 authorities chose an enemy of the Roman people to represent the Lord of Misrule in each community.
However, evidence is insufficient to establish a direct origin from Saturnalia or other ancient festivals.
Macrobius (translated by Percival V. Davies): The Saturnalia.
The portion of Saturnalia devoted to Ops was "Opalia", similar to opalus.
This auctioning was called venditio or locatio, and seems to have taken place in the month of March, Macrobius Saturnalia i.12.
Various writers of the time condemned caroling as lewd, indicating that the unruly traditions of Saturnalia and Yule may have continued in this form.
Common combinations with saturnalia
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- of saturnalia 3×
- saturnalia on 2×
- saturnalia who 2×
- the saturnalia 2×