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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Following her split from Bendjima, Kardashian struck up a relationship with "Grown-ish" actor Luka Sabbat, now 23.
From Fox News • Oct. 19, 2021
I go online and see the other stars of their ad campaign: Luka Sabbat and his dad, Kim Gordon and daughter Coco together.
From The Guardian • Nov. 30, 2019
Selena Gomez, Luka Sabbat and Austin Butler play out-of-town visitors who are unflatteringly described as “urban hipsters,” which is nothing if not self-referential on Jarmusch’s part.
From Los Angeles Times • May 14, 2019
Biff Byford, Saxon’s 67-year-old singer, met Mr. Sneap in the late 1980s when his band and Sabbat shared a festival bill.
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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