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Orgy
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orgy
History secret religious rites of Dionysus, Bacchus, etc., marked by drinking, dancing, and songs

Orgy 

(1) A religious rite in the mysteries associated with the cults of many ancient Oriental (Astarte, Isis, Osiris, Cybele, Tammuz), Greek (Orpheus, Dionysus), and Roman gods. Orgies were frequently unruly.

(2) A wild banquet.



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