English Explanatory Dictionary

witches' Sabbath

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A supposed meeting of witches at midnight to practice sorcery or to take part in a demonic orgy.
  2. A religious gathering of a Wiccan coven at a covenstead or circle

Word forms

witches' Sabbath witches' Sabbaths witches' Sabbat

Etymology

The phrase is first attested in the seventeenth century, but was popularized only from the 20th century onwards.

Synonyms

black Sabbath sabbat
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