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BACCHIC

Volume 4 · 52 words · 1842 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 calculated to inspire jollity; but in a more proper sense it is limited to a dithyrambic ode or hymn.