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Sab⋅bat

  [sab-uht]
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–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
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sab·bat   (sāb'ət)   
n.  Witches' Sabbath.

[French, Sabbath, sabbat, from Old French, Sabbath; see Sabbath.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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sabbat 
"witches' sabbath," 1652, from Fr. form of sabbath (q.v.); a special application of that word.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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