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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun Boisterous merrymaking.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The act of reveling; merrymaking; especially, boisterous festivity or jollity.
  • noun Synonyms See carousal.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun The act of engaging in a revel; noisy festivity; reveling.

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  • noun Joyful merry-making.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun unrestrained merrymaking

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  • Do not be idolaters, as some of them were; as it is written: “The people sat down to eat and drink and got up to indulge in revelry.” 1 Corinthians 10:7

    January 19, 2011