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Bacchanalia

Bacchanalia Meaning & Definition
Bacchanalia Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Bacchanalia?

[n] a wild gathering involving excessive drinking and promiscuity
[n] an orgiastic festival in ancient Greece in honor of Dionysus (= Bacchus)

Synonyms | Synonyms for Bacchanalia: bacchanal | debauch | debauchery | Dionysia | drunken revelry | orgy | riot | saturnalia

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See Also | festival | fete | revel | revelry

Bacchanalia In Webster's Dictionary

\Bac`cha*na"li*a\, n. pl. [L. Bacchanal a place devoted to Bacchus; in the pl. Bacchanalia a feast of Bacchus, fr. Bacchus the god of wine, Gr. ?] 1. (Myth.) A feast or an orgy in honor of Bacchus. 2. Hence: A drunken feast; drunken reveler.

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