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Meanings of sabbat in English
A midnight meeting of witches to practice witchcraft and sorcery; in the Middle Ages it was supposed to be a demonic orgy.
Synonyms
Examples for "witches' Sabbath"
Examples for "witches' Sabbath"
1
You were at the witches' Sabbath; you are a witch, and have bewitched my daughter.
2
The mysteries of the witches' Sabbath, so wonderfully painted in the sixteenth century, are no mysteries for us.
3
They were accused of having sold their souls to the devil, and of celebrating all the infernal mysteries of the witches' Sabbath.
4
Now he was praying because the Witches' Sabbath was drawing near.
5
One of the women clapped her hands, and the witches' sabbath was over.
Usage of sabbat in English
1
How jubilant Kilkenny folk always are at a warm-weather sabbat, she mused.
2
It was also well known that at times six thousand people were present at one sabbat.
3
The wilder and less religious of the lords would ride great distances to attend a sabbat.
4
This would account for the stories of masked people who would come riding to attend the sabbat.
5
Do they go to the sabbat?
6
Prickeare placidly ignored these agitations, while his mistress tried forcing her mind back toward the sabbat and more agreeable thoughts.
7
A year later I began, with several other women, to have sabbats.
8
We observe the eight sabbats of the year and the full-moon esbats.
9
But the bloody and investuous side of the old sabbats is wanting.
10
Early Hebrew sun god and maybe ultimately the origin of the term Sabbat.
11
He was tortured until he confessed that he had attended a witches' Sabbat.
12
What in the name of the Sabbat does she want with La Corriveau?
13
The Old God is honored at midwinter, the Sabbat of Yule.
14
A solar Sabbat, Mabon is sacred to the Father God.
15
A solar Sabbat, Midsummer is sacred to the sun god, as lord of life.
16
Japan's Gish and Sabbat often pose among bamboo stalks, wielding samurai swords and Asian-motif symbology.