| 单词 | witches' meeting |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswitches' meeting witches' meeting n. a supposed meeting of witches, and sometimes demons or other supernatural or magical beings, often conceived of as taking place at midnight; = sabbath n. 3Cf. witch meeting n., witch sabbath n., witches' Sabbath n.Quot. 1627 shows the collocation Lancashire witches modifying meeting rather than this compound. 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 1627 R. Bernard Guide Grand-iury Men ii. xviii. 221 The relations of the Lancashire Witches meeting at Malkin Tower, some 20. together.] 1693 tr. A. Bourignon in Coll. Mod. Relations Witches 29 This Love of hers had..carried her at Nights to the Witches Meetings in great Castles. 1718 F. Hutchinson Hist. Ess. conc. Witchcraft ii. 39 They were carried to Witches Meetings Two or Three Times a Week, where they met vast Multitudes of other Witches. 1873 To-day (Philadelphia) Oct. 209/2 The Hexentenplaz is where Goethe locates the scenes of the witches' meeting in the drama of Faust. 2013 Cambr. Q. 42 211 Three local women were accused by the scullery maid Ann Armstrong of frequenting witches' meetings in Riding Mill. < as lemmas |
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