A 19th century image of a Sabbatic Goat created by Éliphas Lévi.
Meaning
Proper Noun
A deity which medieval Christians mistakenly imagined that pagans, the Knights Templar and (sometimes) Muslims worshipped, and which figures into some modern occultist and Satanic religions.
Origin
From Medieval Latin Baphometh, from Occitan Bafometz. Probably ultimately a corruption of Arabic مُحَمَّد ("Muhammad") (compare Old Portuguese Mafomat), although other sources have been suggested. Muhammad, and mammet.
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