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Definition of: Walpurgis Night
(väl·p
r′gis)
The night before May 1, originally dedicated to St. Walpurga, an English nun of the eighth century who founded religious houses in Germany: associated in German folklore with a witches' Sabbath on the Brocken. Also German Wal·pur′gis·nacht′ (-näkht′). [<G Walpurgisnacht]
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