in Wicca or neopagan religions, one of eight annual festivals of seasonal celebration and ritual observance, including the solstices, equinoxes, and other days.
Also called witches' Sabbath. in the 14th–16th centuries, a secret rendezvous of witches and sorcerers for worshiping the Devil, characterized by orgiastic rites, dances, feasting, etc.
First recorded in 1645–55; from French: special use of sabbat Sabbath
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It’s not just like, Hey, let’s get Luka Sabbat at our party to be cool.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 17, 2022
Following her split from Bendjima, Kardashian struck up a relationship with "Grown-ish" actor Luka Sabbat, now 23.
From Fox News • Oct. 19, 2021
The company also sought to recruit celebrities and social media influencers with large numbers of underage followers, such as Miley Cyrus and Instagram influencer Luka Sabbat.
From The Guardian • Feb. 14, 2020
As a musician, he had some success playing with Sabbat, an English thrash-metal act.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 25, 2018
This was such a gap: the silence of aftermath, in the dark of the night on the second Sabbat of Twelfthmoon, at the melted north anchor of Weep.
From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor
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