Definition of Orgies

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Orgies

A sacrifice accompanied by certain ceremonies in honor of some pagan deity; especially, the ceremonies observed by the Greeks and Romans in the worship of Dionysus, or Bacchus, which were characterized by wild and dissolute revelry.

Drunken revelry; a carouse.

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Orgies Quotations

We bring together the best ideas - turning the meetings of our top managers into intellectual orgies.
Jack Welch

I am for those who believe in loose delights, I share the midnight orgies of young men, I dance with the dancers and drink with the drinkers.
Walt Whitman

Most orgies that you go to, I have found, most of it is sad. All that wildness, all those laughs were like the shining silver and gold paper on packages, but there was nothing inside.
Sammy Davis, Jr.

Orgies Translations

orgies in German is Orgien

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