Obs. rare. [ad. L. lupercālis: see prec.] Pertaining to the Lupercal or Lupercalia.

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1607.  Topsell, Four-f. Beasts (1658), 112. The Romans and Grecians had also a custom to sacrifice a dog in their Lycæan and Lupercal Feasts.

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1656.  Blount, Glossogr., s.v., Lupercalia, or lupercal Sacrifices.

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