break-the-sabbath

Verb

(third-person singular simple present break the Sabbaths, present participle break the Sabbathing, simple past and past participle break the Sabbathed)

(idiomatic) To violate the holiness or sanctity of the Sabbath by not keeping it holy.
Matthew 12:5 Or have you not read in the Law, that on the Sabbath the priests in the temple break the Sabbath and are innocent? (New American Standard Bible, ©1995)

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