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bacchanalia::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | bacchanal, debauch, debauchery, drunken revelry, orgy, riot, saturnalia |
| Type of | revel, revelry |
Examples of bacchanalia
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Patrick's Day riot, UAlbany hardly needs to segue from debauchery to bacchanalia.
From the timesunion.com
Feeling like a Roman Emperor at the spring bacchanalia is just part of the fun.
From the forbes.com
This kind of electoral bacchanalia hasn't happened in Birmingham since 1982.
From the economist.com
A Halloween dance turns into a bacchanalia as the chaperones drift off for a quickie.
From the bloomberg.com
In a worker's paradise, where did this bacchanalia of Western extravagance come from?
From the washingtonpost.com
Whatever, these next few nights are probably the swan song for NBC's winter bacchanalia.
From the sportsillustrated.cnn.com
It has its place in history as the country's largest ever centre of massed bacchanalia.
From the guardian.co.uk
It has been books-versus-bacchanalia ever since the days of Socrates.
From the post-gazette.com
When I began this undertaking, I was braced for a bacchanalia of Michele Bachmann coverage.
From the huffingtonpost.com
- Dionysia: an orgiastic festival in ancient Greece in honor of Dionysus (= Bacchus)
- Orgy: a wild gathering involving excessive drinking and promiscuity
- The bacchanalia were wild and mystic festivals of the Greek and Roman god Bacchus (or Dionysus). It has since come to describe any form of drunken revelry.
- A feast or an orgy in honor of Bacchus; Hence: A drunken feast; drunken revels; an orgy
- A wild, orgiastic party or celebration
- (Latin) three-day wild festival held originally only by women in honor of the god Bacchus; eventually men were also allowed at the festival; the Bacchanalia was banned, except when explicitly allowed, by the Senate in 186 BCE by means of the Senatus consultum de Bacchanalibus; see Bacchae.
- Any of several festivals of Dionysus, the wine god. Suppressed by the Roman senate in 186 BC. Bacchic cults included oaths of loyalty, organized funding, property and membership. In Greece, only women were admitted; in Rome, both were admitted and the festivities were held more often.
- End of the year celebration with daytime events and an evening dance.
- (n) - any wild party; ancient festival in honor of Bacchus, Roman god of wine
