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A supposed meeting of witches at midnight to practice sorcery or to take part in a demonic orgy.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: black Sabbath, Black Mass
Antonyms: none provided
A religious gathering of a Wiccan coven at a covenstead or circle
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
a midnight meeting of witches to practice witchcraft and sorcery; in the Middle Ages it was supposed to be a demonic orgy
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: sabbat
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: assembly
The phrase is first attested in the seventeenth century, but was popularized only from the 20th century onwards.
Across languages
Translations
16 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Asturian:
aquelarre
— supposed meeting of witches at midnight to practice sorcery or to take part in a demonic orgy
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Extremaduran:
aquelarre
— supposed meeting of witches at midnight to practice sorcery or to take part in a demonic orgy
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Leonese:
aquelarre
— supposed meeting of witches at midnight to practice sorcery or to take part in a demonic orgy
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Mirandese:
aquelarre
— supposed meeting of witches at midnight to practice sorcery or to take part in a demonic orgy
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Basque:
akelarre
— supposed meeting of witches at midnight to practice sorcery or to take part in a demonic orgy
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Catalan:
aquelarre
— supposed meeting of witches at midnight to practice sorcery or to take part in a demonic orgy
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Dutch:
heksensabbat
— supposed meeting of witches at midnight to practice sorcery or to take part in a demonic orgy
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Finnish:
noitasapatti
— supposed meeting of witches at midnight to practice sorcery or to take part in a demonic orgy
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French:
sabbat
— supposed meeting of witches at midnight to practice sorcery or to take part in a demonic orgy
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German:
Hexensabbat
— supposed meeting of witches at midnight to practice sorcery or to take part in a demonic orgy
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Italian:
sabba
— supposed meeting of witches at midnight to practice sorcery or to take part in a demonic orgy
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Norman:
sabbat
— supposed meeting of witches at midnight to practice sorcery or to take part in a demonic orgy
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Portuguese:
aquelarre
— supposed meeting of witches at midnight to practice sorcery or to take part in a demonic orgy
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Spanish:
aquelarre
— supposed meeting of witches at midnight to practice sorcery or to take part in a demonic orgy
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Swedish:
häxsabbat
— supposed meeting of witches at midnight to practice sorcery or to take part in a demonic orgy
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Volapük:
jimagivanazäl
— supposed meeting of witches at midnight to practice sorcery or to take part in a demonic orgy
