"witches' Sabbath" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: witches' Sabbaths [plural]
Etymology: The phrase is first attested in the seventeenth century, but was popularized only from the 20th century onwards. Head templates: {{en-noun|head=witches' Sabbath}} witches' Sabbath (plural witches' Sabbaths)
  1. A supposed meeting of witches at midnight to practice sorcery or to take part in a demonic orgy. Synonyms: black Sabbath, sabbat Translations (supposed meeting of witches at midnight to practice sorcery or to take part in a demonic orgy): heksensabbat (Dutch), noitasapatti (Finnish), Hexensabbat [masculine] (German), sabba [masculine] (Italian), sabbat [Jersey, masculine] (Norman), häxsabbat [common-gender] (Swedish), jimagivanazäl (Volapük)
    Sense id: en-witches'_Sabbath-en-noun-xoMceOvh Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Norman translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Volapük translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 84 16 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 81 19 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 81 19 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 89 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 80 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 74 26 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 78 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 84 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Norman translations: 72 28 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 75 25 Disambiguation of Terms with Volapük translations: 84 16 Disambiguation of 'supposed meeting of witches at midnight to practice sorcery or to take part in a demonic orgy': 96 4
  2. A religious gathering of a Wiccan coven at a covenstead or circle Categories (topical): Wicca
    Sense id: en-witches'_Sabbath-en-noun-NktSWtnE Disambiguation of Wicca: 28 72

Inflected forms

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