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Definition of Bacchante
1. Noun. (classical mythology) a priestess or votary of Bacchus.
Definition of Bacchante
1. n. A priestess of Bacchus.
Definition of Bacchante
1. Noun. A priestess of Bacchus. ¹
2. Noun. A female bacchanal. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Bacchante
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Medical Definition of Bacchante
1. 1. A priestess of Bacchus. 2. A female bacchanal. Origin: L. Bacchantes. (12 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bacchante
Literary usage of Bacchante
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The History of American Sculpture by Lorado Taft (1903)
"The famous " bacchante" (Fig. 53) was produced in 1894, while the following year
saw the completion of the " Shakespeare" of the Congressional Library. ..."
2. Cyclopedia of Painters and Paintings edited by John Denison Champlin, Charles Callahan Perkins (1887)
"bacchante, Annibale Carracci, Uffizi, H. 5 ft. 10 in. x 3 ft. 9 in. ...
A bacchante, : to a scholar of Leonardo. Passavant thinks seen from behind, ..."
3. The Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley in Verse and Prose, Now First Brought by Robert Browning, W. Tyas Harden, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Harry Buxton Forman, William Groser (1880)
"A bacchante WITH A LYNX. The effect of the wind partially developing her young
and delicate form upon the light and floating drapery, and the aerial motion ..."
4. The New Poetry: An Anthology by Alice Corbin Henderson (1917)
"... bacchante TO HER BABE Scherzo , Come, sprite, and dance! The sun is up, The
wind runs laughing down the sky That brims with morning like a cup. ..."
5. New Voices: An Introduction to Contemporary Poetry by Marguerite Ogden Bigelow Wilkinson (1922)
"... THE bacchante TO HER BABE Scherzo Come, sprite, and dance! The sun is up, The
wind runs laughing down the sky That brims with morning like a cup. ..."
6. A Description of the Collection of Ancient Marbles in the British Museum by Taylor Combe, Edward Hawkins, Charles Robert Cockerell, Samuel Birch (1861)
"BUST OF A bacchante. Female bust, with the upper part of the head bound round
with a fillet ... (1) This bust has been called that of a Maenad or bacchante, ..."
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