le sabbat
/sa.ba/ noun · masculine C2- Sabbath, biblical seventh day · Les juifs observent fort exactement le sabbat. Jews observe Shabbat very strictly.
- witches' Sabbath, meeting of witches at midnight · Qu’est-ce que vous portez donc là, mon petit fieu ? — Des crapauds qui t’ont vue au sabbat, vieille sorcière, répondit celui-ci. ‘What are you carrying there, my son?’ ‘Toads which saw you at the sabbath, old witch,’ he replied.
- noisy meeting · Ces ivrognes ont fait un terrible sabbat. Those drunkards made a terrible racket.
Plural sabbats
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