Bacchanalia \Bac`cha*na"li*a\ (b[a^]k`k[.a]*n[=a]"l[i^]*[.a]),
   n. pl. [L. Bacchanal a place devoted to Bacchus; in the pl.
   Bacchanalia a feast of Bacchus, fr. Bacchus the god of wine,
   Gr. Ba`kchos.]
   
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   1. (Myth.) A feast or an orgy in honor of Bacchus.
      
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   2. Hence: A drunken feast; drunken revels; an orgy.
      
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