| 单词 | witch sabbath |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswitch sabbath witch sabbath n. (also witch sabbat) a supposed meeting of witches, and sometimes demons or other supernatural or magical beings, often conceived of as taking place at midnight; cf. sabbath n. 3. [Compare earlier witches' Sabbath n. at Compounds 3.] Witches are typically depicted as flying to and from such meetings, which are often characterized as featuring orgiastic and cannibalistic rites and satanic rituals. 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 1826 Q. Rev. June 139 The jabber of fiends and sorcerers in their witch-sabbath presents an unearthly mixture. 1841 W. Spalding Italy & Ital. Islands III. 253 In the South, the witchsabbaths are believed to be held around the Sacred Walnut-tree of Benevento. 1989 E. Rose Razor for Goat (2003) viii. 175 The conventional picture of the witch-Sabbat was now [at the end of the Middle Ages] fully formed as it had not been in the thirteenth century. 2009 Hist. Relig. 49 128 Metamorphosis into animals was certainly well-known across Europe as an act of witchcraft, but in Western European cases it was principally related to travel to distant witch Sabbaths. < as lemmas |
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