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Orgy \Or"gy\, n.; pl. Orgies.
A frantic revel; drunken revelry. See Orgies
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Orgies : \Or"gies\, n. pl.; sing. Orgy.
Note: [The singular is rarely used.] [F. orgie, orgies, L.
orgia, pl., Gr. ?; akin to ? work. See Organ, and
Work.]
1. 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.
As when, with crowned cups, unto the Elian god,
Those priests high orgies held. --Drayton.
2. Drunken revelry; a carouse. --B. Jonson. Tennyson.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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