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bacchanalia
/ˌbækəˈneɪljə/
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What does bacchanalia mean?
noun
- Any wild, orgiastic party or celebration.
- A feast or an orgy in honor of Bacchus.
- Alternative letter-case form of bacchanalia; a drunken feast; drunken revels; an orgy.
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/ˌbækəˈneɪljə/
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The Egyptian ladies, in their Bacchanalia, each carried one finely-carved of wood about their necks, as large and heavy as she could so carry it; besides which, the statue of …
They had their Bacchanalia; and we have our Wakes, answering to them: They their Saturnalia, and we our Carnevalls, and Shrove-tuesdays liberty of Servants: They their Procession of Priapus; wee our fetching in, erection, and dancing about May-poles; and Dancing is one kind of Worship: They had their Procession called Ambarvalia; and we our Procession about the fields in the Rogation Week.