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Orgy (?), n.; sing. Orgies (>). [F. orgie, orgies, L. orgia, pl., Gr. >; akin to > work. See Organ, and Work.]
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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. [The singular is rarely used in this sense.]
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As when, with crowned cups, unto the Elian god,
Those priests high orgies held. Drayton.
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2. Wild, drunken, or licentious revelry; an uninhibited carouse. B. Jonson. Tennyson.
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3. A series of sexual activities involving more than two couples in a group.
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4. Hence: An event characterized by unrestrained indulgence in passion; as, “an orgy of buying of internet stocks”.
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Orgy (?), n.; pl. Orgies (>). A frantic revel; drunken revelry. See Orgies
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