Sabbath

sab′ath, n. among the Jews, the seventh day of the week, set apart for the rest from work: among Christians, the first day of the week, in memory of the resurrection of Christ, called also Sunday and the Lord's Day: among the ancient Jews, the seventh year, when the land was left fallow: a time of rest.— adj . pertaining to the Sabbath.— n. Sabbatā′rian , a very strict observer of the Sabbath: one who observes the seventh day of the week as the Sabbath.— adj . pertaining to the Sabbath or to Sabbatarians.— ns. Sabbatā′rianism ; Sabb′ath-break′er , one who profanes the Sabbath; Sabb′ath-break′ing , profanation of the Sabbath.— adjs. Sabb′athle ( Bacon ), without Sabbath or interval of rest: without intermi ion of labour; Sabbat′ic , -al , pertaining to, or resembling, the Sabbath: enjoying or bringing rest.— n. Sabbat′ical-year , every seventh year, in which the Israeli tes allowed their fields and vineyards to lie fallow.— adj. Sabb′atine , pertaining to the Sabbath.— v.i. and v.t. Sabb′atise , to keep the Sabbath: to convert into a Sabbath.— n. Sabb′atism , rest, as on the Sabbath: intermi ion of labour.— Sabbath-day's journey , the distance of 2000 cubits, or about five furlongs, which a Jew was permitted to walk on the Sabbath, fixed by the space between the extreme end of the camp and the ark (Josh. iii. 4); Sabbath School (see Sunday school ).— Witches' Sabbath , a midnight meeting of Satan with witches, devils, and sorcerers for unhallowed orgies and the travestying of divine rites. [L. Sabbatum , gener. in pl. Sabbat a —Gr. Sabbat on —Heb. Shabbāth , rest.]