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Sabbat
or sab·bat
[ sab-uht ]
noun
- 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.
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See also Masinis rule forbidding action on the denunciation of those seen in the Sabbat.
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Filthy rags are prayer cakes left over from the last sabbat and become holed coffins for those still searching for involvement.
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It was about that time that the belief in the "Sabbat" or nocturnal assembly of the witches made its appearance.
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When she at last came to herself, she acknowledged that she had been to the Sabbat.
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Vision of a sabbat which Callot or Dor would only have painted in fear.
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