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‖ orgia, n. pl.|ˈɔːdʒɪə| [L. orgia, Gr. ὄργια neuter pl., ‘orgies’.] = Orgies: see orgy. (Sometimes erron. as sing., with pl. orgiaes, -ay's, in 7.)
1570–6Lambarde Peramb. Kent (1826) 331 Then they fell afresh to their orgia. 1584R. Scot Discov. Witchcr. iii. iii. (1886) 34 Those feasts of Bacchus which are named Orgia. 1621Bp. R. Montagu Diatribæ 553 From him are the Sabasia, old Pagan Orgiaes and Mysteries deriued. 1660N. Ingelo Bentivolio & Urania ii. (1682) 174 The Triennial Orgiay's of Bacchus. 1675Otway Alcibiades i. i, When last Night the youth of Athens late Rose up the Orgia to celebrate. 1749–51G. Lavington Enthus. Meth. & Papists (1820) 288 While they are celebrating the orgia. 1830Galt Life Byron xxxix. 256 The return of the mourners from the burning, is the most appalling orgia. |