Coven vs Sabbath - What's the difference?
coven | sabbath |
A clique that shares common interests or activities.
* 1986 , , Penguin, paperback edition, page 12
A formal group or assembly of witches.
The (l) seventh (l) of the (l), observed as a day of rest in (l), , starting at (l) on (l) till sundown on (l).
(l), observed throughout the majority of (l) as a day of rest.
(l), observed in (l) as a day of rest.
A meeting of , presided over by the devil. (Also: witches' sabbath or black sabbath).
* 1971 , , Religion and the Decline of Magic , Folio Society 2012, p. 419:
As a noun coven
is a clique that shares common interests or activities.As a proper noun Sabbath is
the Biblical seventh day of the week, observed as a day of rest in Judaism, Seventh-day Adventism, or Seventh Day Baptism, starting at sundown on Friday till sundown on Saturday.coven
English
(wikipedia coven)Noun
(en noun)- “This is a very African area”, he said as they maneuvered their way among the covens of menacing children gathered in the halls.
Derived terms
* covener, covenstead, covendomsabbath
English
Proper noun
(en proper noun)- Around this conception was built up the notion of ritual devil-worship, involving the sabbath or nocturnal meeting at which the witches gathered to worship their master and to copulate with him.