Sabbat

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Sabbat \Sab"bat\, n. [See {Sabbath}.]
     In mediaeval demonology, the nocturnal assembly in which
     demons and sorcerers were thought to celebrate their orgies.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  sabbat
       n : a midnight meeting of witches to practice witchcraft and
           sorcery; in the Middle Ages it was supposed to be a
           demonic orgy [syn: {witches' Sabbath}]