sabbat
nounalso spelled SabbatEtymology From French sabbat (“Sabbath”).
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Witches' Sabbath.
- Latter day witches, continuing the age-long cult, frequently made use of these old circles as meeting places, holding esbats, sabbats, and performing their ritual "ring" dances within the circumference of the tall granite stones.1965, Ruth E. St. Leger-Gordon, Witchcraft and Folklore of Dartmoor, page xviii. 146:
- “Holdin' Sabbats in the woods. It's all here you know,” Bottle continued, showing Sam his copy of Witchcraft Today.1970, Richard Carpenter, Catweazle, Harmondsworth: Puffin Books, page 163: