Saturnalia

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  • noun plural. The ancient Roman seven-day festival of Saturn, which began on December 17.
  • noun plural. A celebration marked by unrestrained revelry and often licentiousness; an orgy.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • In Roman antiquity, the festival of Saturn, celebrated in the middle of December as a harvest-home observance. It was a period of feasting and mirthful license and enjoyment for all classes, extending even to the slaves.
  • Hence Any wild or noisy revelry; unconstrained, wild, and licentious reveling.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun plural. The festival of Saturn, celebrated in December, originally during one day, but afterward during seven days, as a period of unrestrained license and merriment for all classes, extending even to the slaves.
  • noun plural. Hence: A period or occasion of general license, in which the passions or vices have riotous indulgence.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A period or occasion of general license, in which the passions or vices have riotous indulgence; a period of unrestrained revelry.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. a wild gathering involving excessive drinking and promiscuity
  • noun. an orgiastic festival in ancient Rome in honor of Saturn
    • Word Usage
    "We have to realize that not everyone observes Christmas as anything other than a "saturnalia" - a pagan festival."
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    bacchanalia  dionysia  
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    festival  fete  revel  revelry  
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    Words that are found in similar contexts
    compotation  debauch  forover  gala-day  get-together  
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    Words with the same meaning
    carouse  festival  
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