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Synonyms for saturnalia

Grammar : Noun
Spell : sat-er-ney-lee-uh, -neyl-yuh
Phonetic Transcription : ˌsæt ərˈneɪ li ə, -ˈneɪl yə

Définition of saturnalia

Origin :
  • time of merrymaking, 1590s, from Latin Saturnalia, ancient Roman festivals of Saturn (held in December), a time of merrymaking for all, from neuter plural of adjective Saturnalis "pertaining to Saturn," from Saturnus (see Saturn). They correspond to the Greek Kronia. The extended sense of "period of unrestrained revelry" is first attested 1782. Related: Saturnalian.
  • noun feast
Example sentences :
  • At the return of the sun the feast of the Saturnalia was celebrated at Rome.
  • Extract from : « Female Scripture Biographies, Vol. II » by Francis Augustus Cox
  • They were like the Roman slaves who, during the Saturnalia, played at being free.
  • Extract from : « Dreamers of the Ghetto » by I. Zangwill
  • The sacea were a festival at Babylon similar to the saturnalia.
  • Extract from : « Folkways » by William Graham Sumner
  • The saturnalia that succeeded the capture of the castaway had come to a close.
  • Extract from : « The Boy Slaves » by Mayne Reid
  • And I remember that she seemed to describe afterwards a sort of saturnalia.
  • Extract from : « The Good Soldier » by Ford Madox Ford
  • The holydays are made a jubilee, or rather resemble the Saturnalia.
  • Extract from : « Practical Education, Volume II » by Maria Edgeworth
  • But for the present they were absolute, and the saturnalia of blood went on.
  • Extract from : « Historic Tales, Volume 11 (of 15) » by Charles Morris
  • As at the Saturnalia, masters drank and gambled with slaves.
  • Extract from : « St. Nicholas » by George H. McKnight
  • The week of the rule of Saturn, the Saturnalia, was a time of revelry and riot.
  • Extract from : « St. Nicholas » by George H. McKnight
  • I have also drawn attention to the Saturnalia as connecting Bacchus with Saturn.
  • Extract from : « Tradition » by John Francis Arundell

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