bacchant
noun
a priest, priestess, or votary of Bacchus; bacchanal.
bacchantes
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pluralof bacchant.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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They also show off by picking up guitars and microphones and dancing like prairie bacchantes.
From New York Times ● Apr. 8, 2019
The tension is not in the contest but in the axiomatic revelation uttered by the chorus of the bacchantes: "Knowledge is not wisdom."
From Time Magazine Archive
Between acanthus leaves and flowers In the white marble gaily went Loves and bacchantes all the hours, Dancing about the monument.
From Enamels and Cameos and other Poems by Agnes Lee
In 167 the final intermezzo Night brought back Sleep, who had banished Aurora, and the spectacle concluded with a dance of bacchantes and satyrs to instrumental music.
From Some Forerunners of Italian Opera by W. J. (William James) Henderson
There were many men in line, marching along more or less soberly; but these bacchantes outnumbered them two to one.
From The Charm of Ireland by Burton Egbert Stevenson
