2. Noun. (plural of bacchanalian) ¹
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Definition of Bacchanalians
1. bacchanalian [n] - See also: bacchanalian
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bacchanalians
Literary usage of Bacchanalians
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Biographical Dictionary of Eminent Scotsmen by Robert Chambers, Thomas Thomson (1853)
"ancient bacchanalians look back with bitterness on their youthful frolics, did
his ever contented mind lose its equanimity. If he was no longer able to ..."
2. Sporting Magazine edited by [Anonymus AC02751662] (1822)
"STANZAS. l ET the bowl be sparkling bright ; лл Let the goblet foam to-night;
And young bacchanalians twine Gayest wreaths for the God of Wine. ..."
3. Spain in 1830 by Henry David Inglis (1831)
"... the Annunciation; the Virgin instructed by her Mother; Landscapes; Velasquez
and his Works ; Meeting of bacchanalians; the Forges of Vulcan; ..."
4. Germany in MDCCCXXXI by John Strang (1836)
"... the leading Characteristic of the Inhabitants of Vienna—their Love of good
Eating Conspicuous—by no means bacchanalians—Theatres—the Hof-Theatre at the ..."
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