Drunken feasts; feasts in honour of Bacchus.
The bacchanalia of Athens were enthusiastically imitated in Jerusalem, and, as a matter of course, in Alexandria. Gustav Karpeles in "Jewish Literature and Other Essays".
The bacchanalia of Athens were enthusiastically imitated in Jerusalem, and, as a matter of course, in Alexandria.
To return to the thoughts or mind; to have recourse to; to occur at a stated interval, or according to some established rule. ...