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Witches' Sabbath   /wˈɪtʃəz sˈæbəθ/   Listen
Witches' Sabbath

noun
1.
A midnight meeting of witches to practice witchcraft and sorcery; in the Middle Ages it was supposed to be a demonic orgy.  Synonym: sabbat.






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"Witches' Sabbath" Quotes from Famous Books



... only more vividly symbolized, but more deeply moralized. The secrecy of men's bosoms was a matter that interested him very much; the idea had a fascination for him. It is the substance of the tale of "Young Goodman Brown," who goes to the witches' Sabbath in the Essex woods and there sees those who have taught him religion, the righteous and the good, men and women, and his own wife,—sees them or their devil-brewed phantasms; he calls on heaven, and finds himself suddenly alone; but when he returns to the village, and looks ...
— Nathaniel Hawthorne • George E. Woodberry



Words linked to "Witches' Sabbath" :   sabbat, assembly



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