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Bacchanaʹlia

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Festivals in honour of Bacchus, distinguished for their licentiousness and debauchery. Plato says he has seen the whole population of Athens drunk at these festivals.

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Babel
Babouc
Babouin
Baby Charles
Babylon
Babylonian Numbers
Babylonish Captivity
Babylonish Garment (A)
Baca
Bacbuc
Bacchanalia
Bacchanalian
Bacchant
Bacchante
Bacchis
Bacchus [wine]
Baccoch
Bachelor
Bachelor of Salamanea (The)
Bachelor’s Buttons
Bachelor’s Fare

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Bacchanalia