Or'gy, n.

n.; pl. ÔR'GIES (ôr'jiz);— usually in the plural. [Fr. orgie, pl. orgies, Sp. orgia, pl. orgias, It. orgie, pl., Lat. orgia, pl., Gr. ὄργια, either from ἔργον, work, as ἔρδειν was used of performing sacred rites; or more probably from ὀργή, violent passion, fury, ὀργᾶν, to swell with lust.]

1Sense 1. Originally, a sacrifice accompanied by certain ceremonies; afterward, the ceremonies observed by the Greeks and Romans in the worship of Dionysius, or Bacchus, which were characterized by wild and frantic revelry, and often by acts of drunkenness and licentiousness; hence, in general, drunken revelry; nocturnal carousals.

As when, with crowned cups, unto the Elian god, These priests high orgies held. Drayton.

2Sense 2. A rite; a ceremony. [Obs.]

Are union's orgies of so slender price? B. Jonson.