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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Dionysian

/dīˌ-ən-ĭs'-ē-ən/ · Di·o·ny·sian · IPA /daɪ̯əˈnɪʒən/
01 a. Relating to Dionysius, a monk of the 6th century; as, the Dionysian, or Christian, era.
  1. 1.
    Relating to Dionysius, a monk of the 6th century; as, the Dionysian, or Christian, era.
Phrases & compounds
Dionysian period — a period of 532 years, depending on the cycle of the sun, or 28 years, and the cycle of the moon, or 19 years; -- sometimes called the Greek paschal cycle, or Victorian period.