bacchanalia
/ˌbɑkəˈneɪliə/
noun
- A wild, drunken party or celebration, often with excessive drinking and merrymaking.
- The novel describes a bacchanalia that lasts for three days.
- After the championship win, the team held a bacchanalia in the locker room.
- The weekend festival turned into a bacchanalia of music and wine.
- The ancient Roman festival of Bacchus, characterized by ecstatic rituals and drinking.
- Historians study the Bacchanalia to understand Roman religious practices.
- The Senate banned the Bacchanalia in 186 BCE due to concerns about disorder.
- The Bacchanalia were originally secret rites for women only.