| Sabbath (sabbath) |
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| n. | (?) |
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| Sab"bath |
[OE. sabat,
sabbat, F. sabbat, L. sabbatum, Gr.
sa`bbaton, fr. Heb. shabb th, fr.
shbath to rest from labor. Cf. Sabbat.] |
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.
The seventh year, observed among the
Israelites as one of rest and festival.
Fig.: A time of rest or repose;
intermission of pain, effort, sorrow, or the like.
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