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BACCHIC

Volume 3 · 51 words · 1815 Edition

something relating to the ceremonies of Bacchus. The celebrated intaglio, called Michael Angelo's ring, is a representation of a Bacchic feast.

BACCHIC song, is sometimes used for a chanson à boire, or composition to inspire jollity. But in a more proper sense it is restrained to a dithyrambic ode or hymn.