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What's The Definition Of Orgies?Synonyms | Synonyms for Orgies: Related Terms | Find terms related to Orgies: See Also | Orgies In Webster's Dictionary \Or"gies\, n. pl.; sing. {Orgy}.
Note: [The singular is rarely used.] [F. orgie, orgies, L.
orgia, pl., Gr. ?; akin to ? work. See {Organ}, and
{Work}.]
1. A sacrifice accompanied by certain ceremonies in honor of
some pagan deity; especially, the ceremonies observed by
the Greeks and Romans in the worship of Dionysus, or
Bacchus, which were characterized by wild and dissolute
revelry.
As when, with crowned cups, unto the Elian god,
Those priests high orgies held. --Drayton.
2. Drunken revelry; a carouse. --B. Jonson. Tennyson.
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