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Definition of Saturnalias
1. saturnalia [n] - See also: saturnalia
Lexicographical Neighbors of Saturnalias
Literary usage of Saturnalias
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Isis Unveiled: A Master-key to the Mysteries of Ancient and Modern Science by Helena Petrovna Blavatsky (1891)
"... looked far more solemn and imposing than the Christian saturnalias. Speaking of
one of these, the same author remarks : " It was more devilish than ..."
2. The Popular Science Monthly by Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress) (1886)
"... and in greater part to the reckless indifference of a majority of the negroes,
who had been plunged in the excesses of political saturnalias, ..."
3. Proceedings by Natural Gas Association of America, Modern Language Association of America (1917)
"Many formerly productive natural gas fields, now only memories of glorious fuel
saturnalias of the past, might still be engaged in the public service but ..."
4. The Greatest American, Alexander Hamilton: An Historical Analysis of His by Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg (1921)
"These are small figures in this modern day of billion-dollar saturnalias. But they
were gigantic and appalling in 1790. To enhance the revenues necessary to ..."
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