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sabbat

sabbat noun: witches' Sabbath.

Noun (1)

sabbat (plural sabbats)

  1. 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

Noun (2) capitalized: Sabbat

Sabbat (plural Sabbats)

  1. Any of the eight major holy days celebrated in Wicca.

Forms of sabbat

pluralsabbats
pluralSabbats

Origin of sabbat

From French sabbat (“Sabbath”).

Phrases with sabbat

Questions about sabbat

What does sabbat mean?
Sabbat means witches' Sabbath.
What part of speech is sabbat?
Sabbat is a noun.
What is the plural of sabbat?
The plural of sabbat is sabbats.

Words near sabbat in the dictionary

  1. Sabbaday
  2. Sabbadays
  3. Sabbagh
  4. Sabbaghian
  5. Sabbaghs
  6. sabbat
  7. sabbatarian
  8. sabbatarianism
  9. Sabbatarianisms
  10. Sabbatarians
  11. Sabbatary

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