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orgy
has definitions from the fields of religion,sexuality
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[ noun ] (religion,sexuality) secret rite in the cults of ancient Greek or Roman deities involving singing and dancing and drinking and sexual activity
Used in print (Guy Bolton, The Olympians....)And so they went , he choosing of all places an inn near Medmenham_Abbey , scene a generation ago of the obscene orgies of the Hellfire_Club . Related terms |
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[ noun ] any act of immoderate indulgence
Examples "an orgy of shopping" "an emotional binge" "a splurge of spending" Used in print (W. E. B. DuBois, Worlds of Color....)The characteristic thing about this church was its Amen_corner and the weekly religious orgy . Related terms |
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[ noun ] a wild gathering involving excessive drinking and promiscuity
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