Explore Bacchanalia through 7 example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like dionysia or revel. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Bacchanalia meaning
- A feast or an orgy in honor of Bacchus.
- Alternative letter-case form of bacchanalia; a drunken feast; drunken revels; an orgy.
Synonyms of Bacchanalia
Using Bacchanalia
- The main meaning on this page is: A feast or an orgy in honor of Bacchus. | Alternative letter-case form of bacchanalia; a drunken feast; drunken revels; an orgy.
- Useful related words include: dionysia, revel, drunken revelry, bacchanal.
- In the example corpus, bacchanalia often appears in combinations such as: the bacchanalia.
Context around Bacchanalia
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25.4 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 3 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 7 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Bacchanalia
- In this selection, "bacchanalia" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 25.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, uninhibited, gathering, affair and may stand out and add context to how "bacchanalia" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include and any bacchanalia gathering must and and uninhibited bacchanalia. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "bacchanalia" sits close to words such as aad, aadhar and aaro, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with bacchanalia
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The reformed, officially approved Bacchic cults would have borne little resemblance to the earlier crowded, ecstatic and uninhibited Bacchanalia. (19 words)
Holidays (mysteries) dedicated to Dionysus in Greece were called Dionysii; in Rome they were known as Bacchanalia and in Thrace as Rozalii. (22 words)
The sisters planned a bacchanalia for the visiting prince, including dancing, dining and a recreation of the dismemberment of Zeus 's son. (22 words)
Similar attrition may have been imposed on Liber's cults; his perceived or actual association with the Bacchanalia may be the reason that his Liberalia ludi of 17 March were temporarily moved to Ceres' Cerealia of 12–19 April. (39 words)
Congregations of mixed gender were permitted, but were limited to no more than two men and three women, and any Bacchanalia gathering must seek prior permission from the Senate. (29 words)
Overview in Erich S. Gruen, "The Bacchanalia affair", in Studies in Greek Culture and Roman Policy, University of California Press, 1996, p. 34 ff. (24 words)
Example sentences (7)
Congregations of mixed gender were permitted, but were limited to no more than two men and three women, and any Bacchanalia gathering must seek prior permission from the Senate.
Holidays (mysteries) dedicated to Dionysus in Greece were called Dionysii; in Rome they were known as Bacchanalia and in Thrace as Rozalii.
Overview in Erich S. Gruen, "The Bacchanalia affair", in Studies in Greek Culture and Roman Policy, University of California Press, 1996, p. 34 ff.
Senatorial legislation to reform the Bacchanalia in 186 BC attempted to control their size, organisation, and priesthoods, under threat of the death penalty.
Similar attrition may have been imposed on Liber's cults; his perceived or actual association with the Bacchanalia may be the reason that his Liberalia ludi of 17 March were temporarily moved to Ceres' Cerealia of 12–19 April.
The reformed, officially approved Bacchic cults would have borne little resemblance to the earlier crowded, ecstatic and uninhibited Bacchanalia.
The sisters planned a bacchanalia for the visiting prince, including dancing, dining and a recreation of the dismemberment of Zeus 's son.
Common combinations with bacchanalia
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: