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BACCHANTE
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Irregular inflected form: bacchantes
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
(classical mythology) a priestess or votary of Bacchus
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("bacchante" is a kind of...):
votary (a priest or priestess (or consecrated worshipper) in a non-Christian religion or cult)
Domain category:
Greek mythology (the mythology of the ancient Greeks)
Roman mythology (the mythology of the ancient Romans)