Satanalia

name

Etymology

Blend of Satan + Saturnalia.

  1. learned borrowing from Sāturnālia
  2. compounded as satanalia — “Satan + Saturnalia

Definitions

  1. 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;
  2. 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

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA