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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
witches' sabbath

▶noun see sabbath (sense 2).

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
sabbath/ˈsabəθ/

▶noun

1 (often the Sabbath) a day of religious observance and abstinence from work, kept by Jews from Friday evening to Saturday evening, and by most Christians on Sunday.

2 (also witches' sabbath) a supposed annual midnight meeting held by witches.

– origin OE, from L. sabbatum, via Gk from Heb. šabbāṯ, from šāḇaṯ ‘to rest’.

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