1. saturnalia - Noun
3. Saturnalia - Proper noun
The festival of Saturn, celebrated in December, originally during one day, but afterward during seven days, as a period of unrestrained license and merriment for all classes, extending even to the slaves.
Hence: A period or occasion of general license, in which the passions or vices have riotous indulgence.
Source: Webster's dictionaryIn the democratic western countries so-called capitalism leads a saturnalia of 'freedom', like a bastard brother of reform. Wyndham Lewis
For the start of the Roman Saturnalia, on December 17 authorities chose an enemy of the Roman people to represent the Lord of Misrule in each community. Source: Internet
“Historical sources tell us that the pagan festival of Saturnalia in honor of the sun god was celebrated in Rome, beginning in the end of the third century AD, and held on December 25,” Zia said. Source: Internet
The fifth-century writer Macrobius says that the Romans intercalated 22 and 23 days in alternate years (Saturnalia, 1.13.12), the intercalation was placed after 23 February and the remaining five days of February followed (Saturnalia, 1.13.15). Source: Internet
The portion of Saturnalia devoted to Ops was "Opalia", similar to opalus. Source: Internet
Macrobius (translated by Percival V. Davies): The Saturnalia. Source: Internet