Meanings
sabbat1
plural sabbats
- Witches' Sabbath.
“Holdin' Sabbats in the woods. It's all here you know,” Bottle continued, showing Sam his copy of Witchcraft Today.
1970, Richard Carpenter, Catweazle, Harmondsworth: Puffin Books, page 1631 more example
Latter day witches, continuing the age-long cult, frequently made use of these old circles as meeting places, holding esbats, sabbats, and performing their ritual "ring" dances within the circumference of the tall granite stones.
1965, Ruth E. St. Leger-Gordon, Witchcraft and Folklore of Dartmoor, page xviii. 146
Sabbat2
Synonyms & antonyms
nouna midnight meeting of witches to practice witchcraft and sorcery; in the Middle Ages it was supposed to be a demonic orgy
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Frenchsabbat“Sabbath”
- Englishsabbat
From French sabbat (“Sabbath”).
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Spanish sabato
- sabatoreligious meeting
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