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Definition of Sabbat
1. Noun. A midnight meeting of witches to practice witchcraft and sorcery; in the Middle Ages it was supposed to be a demonic orgy.
Definition of Sabbat
1. n. In mediæval demonology, the nocturnal assembly in which demons and sorcerers were thought to celebrate their orgies.
Definition of Sabbat
1. Noun. (context: Wicca) any of the eight major holy days celebrated in Wicca ¹
2. Noun. witches' Sabbath ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Sabbat
1. an assembly of demons and witches [n -S]
Medical Definition of Sabbat
1. In mediaeval demonology, the nocturnal assembly in which demons and sorcerers were thought to celebrate their orgies. See: Sabbath. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sabbat
Literary usage of Sabbat
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A History of the Inquisition of Spain by Henry Charles Lea (1907)
"This should be borne in mind when following the long debate between those who
upheld the reality of the sabbat and those who argued that it was generally or ..."
2. A History of the Inquisition of the Middle Ages by Henry Charles Lea (1887)
"The Hebrew witch flew to the sabbat with her hair loosened, as when it was bound
she was unable to exercise her full power. Among the Norsemen we have seen ..."
3. A History of the Inquisition of the Middle Ages by Henry Charles Lea (1888)
"The Hebrew witch flew to the sabbat with her hair loosened, as when it was bound
she was unable to exercise her full power. Among the Norsemen we have seen ..."
4. Crabb's English Synonyms by George Crabb (1917)
"The term sabbath, from the Hebrew shabbath, to rest, through French sabbat,
implies a sacred day of rest from customary occupations, the institution of ..."
5. The royal phraseological English-French, French-English dictionary by John Charles Tarver (1853)
"Le jour du sabbat, Ihe sabbath day. Chez les Juifs il n'est fa» permis de travailler
... Observer, violer le jour du sabbat, to keep, break the sabbath day. ..."
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