[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

bacchanalia \bac`chana"lia\ ba^k`k.an=a"li^.a,
   n. pl. l. bacchanal a place devoted to bacchus; in the pl.
   bacchanalia a feast of bacchus, fr. bacchus the god of wine,
   gr. ba`kchos.
   1913 webster
   1. myth. a feast or an orgy in honor of bacchus.
      1913 webster

   2. hence: a drunken feast; drunken revels; an orgy.
      1913 webster

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

bacchanalia
     n 1: an orgiastic festival in ancient greece in honor of dionysus
          = bacchus syn: dionysia
     2: a wild gathering involving excessive drinking and
        promiscuity syn: orgy, debauch, debauchery, saturnalia,
         riot, bacchanal, drunken revelry
see also:
dionysia orgy debauch debauchery saturnalia riot 
bacchanal drunken revelry 

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