revel

• She knew well that such a revel was nothing but a wild chorus of blasphemy. —  Pater Peter. English.
• He liked to be known as a man who could spend the whole night in a drunken revel, and the afternoon in preparing some despatch on which the fortunes of his country or the peace of the world might depend. —  A History of the Four Georges, Volume I (of 4)
• The hours wore on; the bride wept; but no news of the groom came until late in the afternoon a rumor reached us that he was celebrating the occasion by a drunken revel, and was not in condition to take his part in the ceremony. —  Old Rail Fence Corners The A. B. C's. of Minnesota History
• His revel was as loud, and his hall as weel lighted, as ever it had been, though maybe he lacked the fines of the nonconformists, that used to come to stock his larder and cellar; for it is certain he began to be keener about the rents than his tenants used to find him before, and they behoved to be prompt to the rent-day, or else the Laird wasna pleased. —  The Haunters ; The Haunted Ghost Stories And Tales Of The Supernatural
• Her eyes sparkled like dark jewels as she spoke; her cheeks burned like red twin roses CHAPTER III Robe of satin and Brussels lace Knots of flowers and ribbons too Scattered about in every place For the revel is through And there, in the midst of all this pretty disorder of satin and lace and flowers, sits Sibyl, far into the night, or rather morning, turning over and over in her mind something that effectually banishes sleep By and by, as she turns it over for the twentieth time, she says aloud to herself: "To think that it should be given to me to do,--made my duty! —  A Flock of Girls and Boys

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