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c1384 (Douce 369(2)) (1850) John vii. 2 Scenofegia [a1425 L.V. Senofegia; L. scenopegia].
a1425 J. Wyclif (1871) II. 103 A feste of Jewes, þat þei clepen Senofegia [c1425 Douce synofegia].
a1500 (?a1400) (Harl. 3909) (1926) l. 4951 (MED) The thrid fest..that Iewes fastediden so bifore, scenophegy..callide it was.
1582 John vii. 2 The festival day of the Iewes, Scenopégia, was at hand.
1684 tr. F. Hédelin d'Aubignac iii. xii. 86 The Word Scene..is taken for a Covering of Boughs made by Art, from whence the Feast of the Tabernacles of the Jews was call'd Scenopegia [Fr. a pris son nom de Scenopegia].
1728 E. Chambers at Tent The Scenopegy or Feast of Tabernacles.
1819 G. Holden 147 Some, however, take it [sc. ‘the time appointed’] for..scenopegia, the feast of Tabernacles.
1956 tr. J. Daniélou xx. 333 The third great feast of Judaism, that of Tabernacles, the Scenopegia of the Septuagint, which took place from the 15th to the 22nd of September.
2006 S. DeGregorio tr. Bede 46 The Feast of Tabernacles, which in the Gospel is called by the Greek word scenopegia (i.e. the fixing of tents), was a seven-day feast.