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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Bacchanalia \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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: Bacchanalia n 1: an orgiastic festival in ancient Greece in honor of Dionysus (= Bacchus) [syn: {Dionysia}, {Bacchanalia}] 2: a wild gathering involving excessive drinking and promiscuity [syn: {orgy}, {debauch}, {debauchery}, {saturnalia}, {riot}, {bacchanal}, {drunken revelry}]
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