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Sab⋅bat

[sab-uht]
–noun (sometimes lowercase) Demonology.
(in the 14th–16th centuries) a secret rendezvous of witches and sorcerers for worshiping the Devil, characterized by orgiastic rites, dances, feasting, etc.
Also, Sabbath.
Also called witches' Sabbath.


Origin:
1645–55; < F: special use of sabbat Sabbath
sab·bat   (sāb'ət)   
n.  Witches' Sabbath.

[French, Sabbath, sabbat, from Old French, Sabbath; see Sabbath.]

Sabbat

Sab"bat\, n. [See Sabbath.] In medi[ae]val demonology, the nocturnal assembly in which demons and sorcerers were thought to celebrate their orgies.
Language Translation for : Sabbat
Spanish: (cristiano) domingo; (judío) sábado,
German: der Sabbat,
Japanese: 安息日

sabbat 
"witches' sabbath," 1652, from Fr. form of sabbath (q.v.); a special application of that word.
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