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Saturnalia

Saturnalia Meaning & Definition
Saturnalia Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Saturnalia?

[n] a wild gathering involving excessive drinking and promiscuity
[n] an orgiastic festival in ancient Rome in honor of Saturn

Synonyms | Synonyms for Saturnalia: bacchanal | bacchanalia | debauch | debauchery | drunken revelry | orgy | riot

Related Terms | Find terms related to Saturnalia:

See Also | festival | fete | revel | revelry

Saturnalia In Webster's Dictionary

\Sat`ur*na"li*a\, n. pl. [L. See {Saturn}.] 1. (Rom. Antiq.) The festival of Saturn, celebrated in December, originally during one day, but afterward during seven days, as a period of unrestrained license and merriment for all classes, extending even to the slaves. 2. Hence: A period or occasion of general license, in which the passions or vices have riotous indulgence.

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