WITCHES' SABBATH
\wˈɪt͡ʃɪz sˈabaθ], \wˈɪtʃɪz sˈabaθ], \w_ˈɪ_tʃ_ɪ_z s_ˈa_b_a_θ]\
Definitions of WITCHES' SABBATH
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
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a midnight meeting of witches to practice witchcraft and sorcery; in the Middle Ages it was supposed to be a demonic orgy
By Princeton University
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a midnight meeting of witches to practice witchcraft and sorcery; in the Middle Ages it was supposed to be a demonic orgy
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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A stated meeting of witches and devils at night for communicating the mischief they had done, and concocting more, at which the most obscene rites, or rather revels, were indulged in. The witches rode to the rendezvous on broomsticks, sometimes on their demon-lovers in the shape of goats, having previously anointed themselves with the fat of a murdered or unbaptized child. Neophytes were introduced to the devil at such meetings, where they received his mark on their bodies as evidence that they had sold their souls to him. In Germany the witches-Sabbath was held on Walpurgis night.
By Daniel Lyons
