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Sabbath definition

Sab·bath (sab′ət̸h)

noun

  1. the seventh day of the week (Saturday), set aside for rest and worship and observed as such by Jews (from Friday sunset to Saturday sunset) and some Christian denominations
  2. Sunday as the usual Christian day of rest and worship
  3. a day or time set aside for rest or worship
  4. witches' Sabbath

Etymology: ME sabat < OFr & OE, both < L sabbatum < Gr sabbaton < Heb shabat < shavat, to rest

adjective

of the Sabbath

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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