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.

Exact synonyms: Witches' Sabbath
Generic synonyms: Assembly

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

saan
sab
sabadilla
sabadillas
sabadine
sabal
sabalo
sabals
sabaori
sabatia
sabatierite
sabaton
sabatons
sabayon
sabayons
sabbat
sabbaths
sabbatia
sabbatianism
sabbatic
sabbatical
sabbatical leave
sabbatical year
sabbatical years
sabbaticals
sabbatics
sabbatization
sabbatize
sabbaton
sabbats

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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