orgies
orgies secret rites used in the worship of Bacchus, Dionysus, and other Greek and Roman deities, celebrated with dancing, drunkenness, and singing. Recorded from the early 16th century, the word comes via French and Latin from Greek orgia ‘secret rites or revels’.
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