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== Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_151029" /> == | == Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_151029" /> == | ||
<p> (1): (n. pl.) A sacrifice accompanied by certain ceremonies in honor of some pagan deity; especially, the ceremonies observed by the [[Greeks]] and Romans in the worship of Dionysus, or Bacchus, which were characterized by wild and dissolute revelry. </p> <p> (2): (n. pl.) [[Drunken]] revelry; a carouse. </p> <p> (3): (pl.) of Orgy </p> | <p> '''(1):''' ''' (''' n. pl.) A sacrifice accompanied by certain ceremonies in honor of some pagan deity; especially, the ceremonies observed by the [[Greeks]] and Romans in the worship of Dionysus, or Bacchus, which were characterized by wild and dissolute revelry. </p> <p> '''(2):''' ''' (''' n. pl.) [[Drunken]] revelry; a carouse. </p> <p> '''(3):''' ''' (''' pl.) of Orgy </p> | ||
== The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_77399" /> == | == The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_77399" /> == | ||
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Webster's Dictionary [1]
(1): ( n. pl.) A sacrifice accompanied by certain ceremonies in honor of some pagan deity; especially, the ceremonies observed by the Greeks and Romans in the worship of Dionysus, or Bacchus, which were characterized by wild and dissolute revelry.
(2): ( n. pl.) Drunken revelry; a carouse.
(3): ( pl.) of Orgy
The Nuttall Encyclopedia [2]
Festivals among the Greeks and Orientals generally connected with the worship of nature divinities, in particular Demeter ( q. v .), Dionysos ( q. v .), and the Cabiri, celebrated with mystic rites and much licentious behaviour.
