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Bapʹtes (2 syl.)

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Priests of the goddess Cotytʹto, whose midnight orgies were so obscene that they disgusted even Cotytto, the goddess of obscenity They received their name from the Greek verb bapto, to wash, because they bathed themselves in the most effeminate manner. (Juvenal, ii. 91.)

 

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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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Bannière
Banns of Marriage
Banquet
Banquo
Banshee
Bantam
Banting
Bantling
Banyan
Bap or Baphomet
Baptes
Baptist
Bar
Bar
Bar
Bar
Bar (Trial at)
Barabas
Barataria
Barăthron
Barb