witches' Sabbath

noun

, Demonology.

1. Sabbat.

witches' Sabbath

noun

1. See Sabbath

Word History and Origins

Origin of witches' Sabbath¹

First recorded in 1670–80

Example Sentences

If, therefore, the parents do not wish the bairns to retain the entr�e of the witches' Sabbath—held always at Benevento—it behoves them to take prompt action.

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Is this the witches' Sabbath of our pale Mephistopheles—his night of goblins?

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The whistling sound drew nearer, shrill as the howling of a witches' Sabbath.

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Saturday is likewise esteemed an inauspicious day, which points to its association with the witches' Sabbath, once the subject of numerous superstitious beliefs throughout the southern provinces of Italy.

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The idea arose of a witches' Sabbath, when women were enabled by evil means to fly away, and adore in secret the gods from whom the rest of the world had turned.

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