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Last seen on: –Quick crossword No 16,456
Thomas Joseph – King Feature Syndicate Crossword – Dec 5 2022
Random information on the term “Witch”:
A Witches’ Sabbath is a purported gathering of those believed to practice witchcraft and other rituals. The phrase became popular in the 20th century.
In 1668, Johannes Praetorius published his literary work “Blockes-Berges Verrichtung”, which has the subtitle “Oder Ausführlicher Geographischer Bericht/ von den hohen trefflich alt- und berühmten Blockes-Berge: ingleichen von der Hexenfahrt/ und Zauber-Sabbathe/ so auff solchen Berge die Unholden aus gantz Teutschland/ Jährlich den 1. Maij in Sanct-Walpurgis Nachte anstellen sollen”. As indicated by the subtitle, Praetorius attempted to give a “Detailed Geographical Account of the highly admirable ancient and famous Blockula, also about the witches’ journey and magic sabbaths”.
Prior to the late 19th century, it is difficult to locate any English use of the term sabbath to denote a gathering of witches. The phrase is used by Henry Charles Lea in his History of the Inquisition of the Middle Ages (1888). Writing in 1900, German historian Joseph Hansen who was a correspondent and a German translator of Lea’s work, frequently uses the shorthand phrase hexensabbat to interpret medieval trial records, though any consistently recurring term is noticeably rare in the copious Latin sources Hansen also provides (see more on various Latin synonyms, below). Lea and Hansen’s influence may have led to a broader use of the shorthand phrase, including in English.