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esbats

esbats is the plural of esbat.

Meaning of esbat

Noun

esbat (plural esbats)

  1. A Wiccan coven gathering other than one of the Sabbats. While a full moon ritual may be held during an esbat, esbats encompass coven business meetings, social occasions, and opportunities for merriment.
    • 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

Questions about esbats

What is esbats the plural of?
Esbats is the plural of esbat.

Words near esbats in the dictionary

  1. esaxerenone
  2. Esayan
  3. Esayans
  4. ESB
  5. esbat
  6. esbats
  7. Esbjerg
  8. ESBK
  9. ESBL
  10. ESBLs
  11. ESBs

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