ORGIES

Meaning of ORGIES in English

(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.

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ORGIES — (pl. ) of Orgy
Английский словарь Webster
ORGIES — (n. pl.) Drunken revelry; a carouse.
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ORGIES — ( pl. ) of Orgy
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
ORGIES — ( n. pl. ) Drunken revelry; a carouse.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
ORGIES — ( n. pl. ) A sacrifice accompanied by certain ceremonies in honor of some pagan deity; especially, the ceremonies observed …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
ORGIES — noun ·pl drunken revelry; a carouse. 2. orgies ·pl of orgy. 3. orgies ·noun ·pl a sacrifice accompanied by certain …
Webster English vocab
ORGIES — n. pl. Revels, bacchanals, saturnalia, carousal, revelry, wassail, debauch, drunken bout.
Dictionary of English Synonyms
ORGIES — Оргии
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ORGIES — Оргии
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ORGIES — Оргии
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HILFUL FUDHUL — League of Virtuous Useful information: At a place known as 'Ukaz, a great annual fair used to be held during …
Advanced Islamic English Dictionary
WITCHES' SABBATH — noun Date: circa 1676 a midnight assembly of witches, devils, and sorcerers for the celebration of rites and orgies
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ORGY — noun (plural orgies) see: work Date: circa 1561 secret ceremonial rites held in honor of an ancient Greek or Roman …
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ORGIASTIC — adjective Etymology: Greek orgiastikos, from orgiazein to celebrate orgies, from orgia Date: 1846 of, relating to, or marked by orgies, …
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DEBAUCHERY — noun (plural -eries) Date: 1642 1. extreme indulgence in sensuality, orgies, seduction from virtue or duty
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BACCHANT — noun (plural ~s or ~es) Etymology: Latin ~-, bacchans, from present participle of bacchari to take part in the orgies …
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ELAGABALUS — or Heliogabalus officially Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus orig. Varius Avitus Bassianus born 204, Emesa, Syria died 222 Roman emperor …
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BACCHANALIA — or Dionysia In Greco-Roman religion, any of the festivals of the wine god Bacchus ( Dionysus ), which probably originated …
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ORGY — I. noun also or·gie ˈȯrjē, ˈȯ(ə)j-, -ji ( plural orgies ) Etymology: Middle French orgie, from Latin orgia, plural, from …
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MINISTRANT — I. ˈminə̇strənt adjective Etymology: Latin ministrant-, ministrans, present participle of ministrare to serve, dish up — more at minister : …
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SABBAT — ˈsabət noun ( -s ) Usage: often capitalized Etymology: French, literally, sabbath, from Latin sabbatum — more at sabbath : …
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ORGIAST — ˈȯ(r)jēˌast noun ( -s ) Etymology: Greek orgiastēs, from orgiazein to celebrate orgies, from orgia orgies — more at orgy …
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LIBIDINOUS — lə̇ˈbid ə nəs adjective Etymology: Middle English lybydynous, from Middle French libidineus, from Latin libidinosus, from libidin-, libido + -osus …
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KORDAX — noun or cor·dax ˈkȯ(ə)rˌdaks ( -es ) Etymology: Latin cordax, from Greek kordax; akin to Greek kradan to shake, brandish …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
ORGY — /awr"jee/ , n. , pl. orgies . 1. wild, drunken or licentious festivity or revelry. 2. any actions or proceedings …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
ORGIASTIC — adjective Etymology: Greek orgiastikos, from orgiazein to celebrate orgies, from orgia Date: 1846 1. : of, relating to, or marked …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
ORGY — ■ noun ( plural orgies ) 1》 a wild party characterized by excessive drinking and indiscriminate sexual activity. 2》 a …
Concise Oxford English vocab
ORGIASTIC — [or.gi.as.tic] adj [Gk orgiastikos, fr. orgiazein to celebrate orgies, fr. orgia] (1698) 1: of, relating to, or marked by orgies …
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ORGY — or ‧ gy /ˈɔːdʒi $ ˈɔːr-/ BrE AmE noun ( plural orgies ) [countable] [ Date: 1500-1600 ; Language: Old …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
DRUNKEN — adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a drunken rage ▪ He smashed up his former girlfriend's car in a drunken rage. …
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