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Traditional English :: Sabbatarian
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sabbath.html - n. & adj. --n. 1 a strict sabbath-keeping Jew.
2 a Christian who favours observing Sunday strictly as the sabbath.
3 a Christian who observes Saturday as the sabbath. --adj. relating to or holding the tenets of Sabbatarians. Sabbatarianism n. [LL sabbatarius f. L sabbatum: see SABBATH] |
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Traditional English :: sabbath
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sabbath.html - n. 1 (in full sabbath day) a day of rest and religious observance kept by Christians on Sunday, Jews on Saturday, and Muslims on Friday. 2 a period of rest. 3 (in full witches' sabbath) a supposed general midnight meeting of witches with the Devil. [OE sabat, L sabbatum, & OF sabbat, f. Gk sabbaton f. Heb. sabbat f. sabat to rest] |
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Traditional English :: sabbatical
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sabbath.html - adj. & n. --adj. 1 of or appropriate to the sabbath.
2 (of leave) granted at intervals to a university teacher for study or travel, orig. every seventh year. --n. a period of sabbatical leave. sabbatical year 1 Bibl. every seventh year, prescribed by the Mosaic law to be observed as a 'sabbath', during which the land was allowed to rest.
2 a year's sabbatical leave. sabbatically adv. [LL sabbaticus f. Gk sabbatikos of the sabbath] |
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Traditional English :: Sabbatarian
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sabbath.html - n. & adj. --n. 1 a strict sabbath-keeping Jew.
2 a Christian who favours observing Sunday strictly as the sabbath.
3 a Christian who observes Saturday as the sabbath. --adj. relating to or holding the tenets of Sabbatarians. Sabbatarianism n. [LL sabbatarius f. L sabbatum: see SABBATH] |
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Traditional English :: sabbath
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sabbath.html - n. 1 (in full sabbath day) a day of rest and religious observance kept by Christians on Sunday, Jews on Saturday, and Muslims on Friday. 2 a period of rest. 3 (in full witches' sabbath) a supposed general midnight meeting of witches with the Devil. [OE sabat, L sabbatum, & OF sabbat, f. Gk sabbaton f. Heb. sabbat f. sabat to rest] |
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Traditional English :: sabbatical
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sabbath.html - adj. & n. --adj. 1 of or appropriate to the sabbath.
2 (of leave) granted at intervals to a university teacher for study or travel, orig. every seventh year. --n. a period of sabbatical leave. sabbatical year 1 Bibl. every seventh year, prescribed by the Mosaic law to be observed as a 'sabbath', during which the land was allowed to rest.
2 a year's sabbatical leave. sabbatically adv. [LL sabbaticus f. Gk sabbatikos of the sabbath] |
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