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Meaning of LUPERCALIA

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Lu`per*ca"li*a\, n. pl. [L. luperealis, fr. Lupercus
the Lycean Pan, so called fr. lupus a wolf, because he kept
off the wolves.] (Rom. Antiq.)
A feast of the Romans in honor of Lupercus, or Pan.
 
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