esbat
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Old French esbat, cognate to modern ébat (“frolic”).
Noun[edit]
esbat (plural esbats)
- A Wiccan coven gathering other than one of the Sabbats. While a full moon ritual may be held during an esbat, esbats encompass coven business meetings, social occasions, and opportunities for merriment.
- 1965, Ruth E. St. Leger-Gordon, Witchcraft and Folklore of Dartmoor, page xviii. 146:
- Latter day witches, continuing the age-long cult, frequently made use of these old circles as meeting places, holding esbats, sabbats, and performing their ritual "ring" dances within the circumference of the tall granite stones.
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Catalan[edit]
Verb[edit]
esbat
- inflection of esbatre:
Old French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From the verb esbatre.
Noun[edit]
esbat oblique singular, m (oblique plural esbaz or esbatz, nominative singular esbaz or esbatz, nominative plural esbat)