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Traditional English :: sabbatically
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sabbatically - 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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