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sabbat | sabbath |

As a noun Sabbat

is any one of the eight major holy days celebrated in Wicca.

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.

sabbat

English

(wikipedia Sabbat)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (Wicca) Any one of the eight major holy days celebrated in Wicca.
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    sabbath

    English

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • 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:
    • 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.

    Related terms

    * sabbatic * sabbatical

    Anagrams

    * English terms derived from the Bible