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.
Wild, drunken, or licentious revelry; an uninhibited carouse.
A frantic revel; drunken revelry. See Orgies
secret rite in the cults of ancient Greek or Roman deities involving singing and dancing and drinking and sexual activity
a wild gathering involving excessive drinking and promiscuity
a festival for Aphrodite, but not all festivals for Aphrodite were orgies
Sexual activities among many men and women in the same room (roman style swinging)
(adj. orgiastic): esoteric religious ritual performed in honor of a god or a goddess, characterized by wild singing, dancing, and drinking; later, wild, drunken, licentious revelry or festivity.