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Definitions for: Bacchanalia
[n] a wild gathering involving excessive drinking and promiscuity
[n] an orgiastic festival in ancient Greece in honor of Dionysus (= Bacchus)
Webster (1913) Definition: 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.
Synonyms: bacchanal, debauch, debauchery, Dionysia, drunken revelry, orgy, riot, saturnalia
See Also: festival, fete, revel, revelry
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