Or·gy n.; pl. Orgies A frantic revel; drunken revelry. See Orgies
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Or·gy n.; sing. Orgies .
1. 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. Usually in the plural form.
Note: [The singular is rarely used in this sense.]
As when, with crowned cups, unto the Elian god,
Those priests high orgies held. --Drayton.
2. Wild, drunken, or licentious revelry; an uninhibited carouse.
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