| 单词 | witch meeting |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswitch meeting witch meeting n. now chiefly historical a supposed meeting of witches, and sometimes demons or other supernatural or magical beings, often conceived of as taking place at midnight; = sabbath n. 3.Cf. witches' meeting n., witch sabbath n., witches' Sabbath n. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > the occult > sorcery, witchcraft, or magic > sorcerer or magician > witch > [noun] > meeting of witches' Sabbath1613 Sabbat1652 sabbath1660 coven1662 witches' meeting1693 witch meeting1693 witch sabbath1826 1693 ‘C. M.’ True Acct. Tryals Divers Witches, at Salem 7 Divers Women that had been of her Conversation, accus'd her being at Witch-Meetings, and of Eating and Drinking with the Devil. 1738 T. Salmon Mod. Hist. XXXI. 297 Mr. John Bradstreet,..being accused of afflicting a poor Dog, and riding upon him through the Air to Witch-Meetings. 1867 J. Mackenzie Hist. Scotl. lxv. 502 The schoolmaster, in his retracted confession, had spoken of a witch-meeting held at North Berwick Kirk. 2012 New Eng. Q. 85 253 Nathaniel Hawthorne's tale of a young Puritan of Salem Village who loses his Faith after attending—or dreaming that he has attended—a witch meeting in or around 1692. < as lemmas |
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