witches' Sabbath

American  

noun

Demonology.

1. Sabbat.

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witches' Sabbath British  

noun

1. See Sabbath

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Etymology

Origin of witches' Sabbath

First recorded in 1670–80

Example Sentences

Through them runs a train of almost surrealistic symbolism, a cross patch of a witches' Sabbath and a psychoanalyst's nightmare, that has fascinated and baffled five centuries of art critics.

From Time Magazine Archive

Moreover, the picture is a Thespian witches' Sabbath.

From Time Magazine Archive

While the participants in this witches' Sabbath are busy at its quieter passages, they make rather a good thing of it.

From Time Magazine Archive

But there was something far worse here than dirt, a kind of frightening witches’ Sabbath.

From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck

With all his accurate statistics on the subject of the witches' Sabbath, he was not aware that a turnspit was a necessary officer on such occasions, as well as a master of ceremonies.

From Discovery of Witches The Wonderfull Discoverie of Witches in the Countie of Lancaster by Potts, Thomas, fl. 1612-1618