Sentence example with the word 'saturnalia'

saturnalia

Definition n. an orgiastic festival in ancient Rome in honor of Saturn

Last update: October 29, 2015


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At Rome the scapegoat did not suffer death; but in the Saturnalia a human victim seems to have been slain till the 4th century A.D.   [Please select]

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The father replied: "It is the Saturnalia."   [Please select]

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No wonder that the little Portuguese queen kept to herself and did not let herself be drawn into this swirling, roaring, roistering saturnalia.   [Please select]

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They had just been reconnoitering the rooms befouled with the night's saturnalia, and were ha-haing boisterously over Captain von Hartrott's inscription, "Bitte, nicht plundern."   [Please select]

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The pagan populace of Antioch--reckless, pleasure-loving, spendthrift--were preparing for the Saturnalia.   [Please select]

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"I can't countenance any such saturnalia--" "Oh, Sam, do be quiet, dear--" She caught herself up with a blush, and everybody smiled.   [Please select]

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