Revels

[ rev-uhlz ]

noun

1. Hiram Rhoades [rohdz], 1822–1901, U.S. clergyman, educator, and politician: first Black senator 1870–71.

Example Sentences

Being something of a political cipher may have helped Revels rise to prominence.

From The Daily Beast

They will do it,” Revels declared, “as certainly as the sun shines in the heavens.

From The Daily Beast

Two factors made Hiram Revels especially interesting to the Washington establishment.

From The Daily Beast

Even other men of color considered Revels a curious figure, for Mississippi had never had a large free black population.

From The Daily Beast

Clooney revels in the freedom to work on projects he feels passionately about.

From The Daily Beast

As the impressive progress continued the revellers ceased their revels and followed in the wake of Aristide.

From Project Gutenberg

The public hall where these revels came off seems to be unlucky for me; I never go there but to some stone-breaking job.

From Project Gutenberg

Thus, Aphrodite was celebrated with lascivious dances, and Dionysus with drunken revels.

From Project Gutenberg

He is a self-sustained man, since he revels in ideas rather than in praises and honors.

From Project Gutenberg

These were the use of perfumes and flowers at the feast, the selection of a Master of the Revels, and the method of drinking.

From Project Gutenberg