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bacchante

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bac·chan·te  (b-knt, -kän-, -knt, -känt)
n. Greek & Roman Mythology
A priestess or female votary of Bacchus.
[French, from Latin bacchns, bacchant-; see bacchant.]
bacchante [bəˈkæntɪ]
n pl bacchantes [bəˈkæntɪz]
1. (Myth & Legend / Classical Myth & Legend) a priestess or female votary of Bacchus
2. a drunken female reveller
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Noun1.bacchante - (classical mythology) a priestess or votary of Bacchusbacchante - (classical mythology) a priestess or votary of Bacchus
Greek mythology - the mythology of the ancient Greeks
Roman mythology - the mythology of the ancient Romans
votary - a priest or priestess (or consecrated worshipper) in a non-Christian religion or cult; "a votary of Aphrodite"
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It contained one of the precious stockings; and half opening it, I revealed to Sylvia's astonished eyes the cunning little frieze of Bacchus and Ariadne, followed by a troop of Satyrs and Bacchantes, which the artist had designed to encircle one of the white columns of that little marble temple which sat before me.
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