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Bacchanalia
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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 Related Terms | Find terms related to Bacchanalia: 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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