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1. (n.) Sabbath
the seventh day of the week, Saturday, as the day of rest and religious observance among Jews and some Christians. Ex. 20:8–11.
2. Sabbath
the first day of the week, Sunday, observed by most Christians in commemoration of the Resurrection of Christ.
3. Sabbath
(often l.c.) a day of rest or prayer.
Etymology: (bef. 900; OE < L sabbatum < Gk sábbaton < Heb shabbāth rest)
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| Definition of 'sabbath' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) Sabbath
a day of rest and worship: Sunday for most Christians; Saturday for the Jews and a few Christians; Friday for Muslims
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) sabbath
a season or day of rest; one day in seven appointed for rest or worship, the observance of which was enjoined upon the Jews in the Decalogue, and has been continued by the Christian church with a transference of the day observed from the last to the first day of the week, which is called also Lord's Day
2. (noun) sabbath
the seventh year, observed among the Israelites as one of rest and festival
3. (noun) sabbath
fig.: A time of rest or repose; intermission of pain, effort, sorrow, or the like
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The Nuttall Encyclopedia |
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1. sabbath
the seventh day of the week, observed by the Jews as a day of "rest" from all work and "holy to the Lord," as His day, specially in commemoration of His rest from the work of creation, the observance of which by the Christian Church has been transferred to the first of the week in commemoration of Christ's resurrection.
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Sense: (usually withthe) a day of the week regularly set aside for religious services and rest– among the Jews, Saturday; among most Christians, Sunday.
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 Afrikaans: Sabbat |
 Arabic: يَوْم السَّبْت |
 Bulgarian: шабат |
 Brazilian: dia do Senhor |
 Czech: šábes; neděle |
 German: der Sabbat |
 Danish: sabbat; hviledag |
 Greek: ημέρα αργίας και εκπλήρωσ |
 Spanish: (cristiano) domingo; (jud |
 Estonian: sabat |
 Farsi: روز سبت؛روز استراحت يا عب |
 Finnish: sapatti |
 French: sabbat; dimanche |
 Hebrew: שַׁבָּת |
 Hindi: विश्राम दिवस |
 Croatian: sabat, dan Gospodnji |
 Hungarian: szombat (zsidóknál); vasá |
 Indonesian: sabat |
 Icelandic: sabbatsdagur, hvíldardagu |
 Italian: (giorno di riposo) |
 Japanese: 安息日 |
 Korean: 안식일 |
 Lithuanian: šventadienis, šabas |
 Latvian: svētdiena; sabats |
 Malay: hari Sabat |
 Dutch: sabbat |
 Norwegian: sabbat; helg, hviledag |
 Polish: sabat, szabas, niedziela |
 Persian: روز سبت؛روز استراحت يا عب |
 Pashto: داستراحت او عبادت ورځ: دي |
 Portuguese: dia do Senhor |
 Romanian: sabat; duminică |
 Russian: священный день отдохновен |
 Slovak: šábes |
 Slovenian: sabat |
 Serbian: Sabat |
 Swedish: sabbat, vilodag |
 Thai: วันธรรมสวนะของผู้นับถือศา |
 Turkish: Sebt günü |
 Taiwanese: (宗教的)安息日，猶太教為週六，基督教為週日 |
 Ukrainian: священний день відпочинку |
 Urdu: یوم السبت |
 Vietnamese: ngày xaba |
 Chinese: （宗教的）安息日 |
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