Satanalia
nameEtymology
Blend of Satan + Saturnalia.
- learned borrowing from Sāturnālia
Definitions
Synonym of Saturnalia, emphasizing the immorality of the celebration.
- […] until a complaint was made to the government, the licentiousness of these Satanalia was so gross, that it would have shocked a Greek audience, though accustomed to the plays of Aristophanes.
- It amused me to picture the consternation of the Friends, could they have peeped in at the Black Saturnalia; or, as they would have called it, Satanalia, in Barbadoes or Jamaica;
Evidence of Satanic activity.
- By this time you probably have your own private The Exorcist experience story to add to a lengthening collection of "satanalia '74."
- Now cult cops appear everywhere: officers attend a few cult seminars, return to their departments, and organize portfolios of Satanalia so that they themselves can give seminars to teachers, parents, and enforcers;
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for Satanalia. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA