BACCHANTE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected form: bacchantes   

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

(classical mythology) a priestess or votary of Bacchus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

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)

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