| 单词 | witches' sabbath |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswitches' Sabbath witches' Sabbath n. (also witch's sabbat) a supposed meeting of witches, and sometimes demons or other supernatural or magical beings, often conceived of as taking place at midnight; = sabbath n. 3.Cf. witch sabbath n., witch meeting n., witches' meeting n. 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 1613 W. B. tr. S. Michaelis Admirable Hist. Penitent Woman 119 He also said to Magdalene, Art not thou an accursed woman, that the Witches Sabbath [Fr. le Sabath] is kept here? 1853 C. Dickens Bleak House viii. 67 Such..as was never dreamed of in the wildest visions of a Witch's Sabbath. 1975 Sunday Tel. (Nexis) 2 Mar. 12/8 The witches' sabbat..has its academic advocates to this very day... In..1972 a professor at the University of California maintained that sects of witches did exist, and..they did worship the devil. 2002 N. Drury Dict. Esoteric 132/1 It has been suggested that the magical flight of witches to the witches' sabbath resulted from hallucinatory ointments rubbed into the skin. < as lemmas |
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