Phrases with «bacchanalia»

Bacchanalia is an archaic term that refers to a wild and drunken celebration, often associated with excessive behavior and debauchery. Full definition

Sentences with «bacchanalia»

  • Located just a few blocks from the gypsies and fortune tellers who inhabit Jackson Square and a lifetime removed from the non-stop bacchanalia of Bourbon Street, Crescent City Books is of a piece of the Quarter and New Orleans itself. (sbnation.com)
  • While initial reports suggested that Martin Scorsese's three - hour bacchanalia about excess in the financial industry might enter the race and become an instant juggernaut, it hasn't happened that way. (thewrap.com)
  • While practicing Christians may be justifiably disappointed in a sterilized «happy holidays» from their grocer, even this greeting extends something beyond the all - too - human midwinter bacchanalia historically provided by Saturnalia and the Mithraic birth, or today by New Year's Eve. (firstthings.com)
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