Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun One who observes Saturday as the Sabbath, as in Judaism.
- noun One who believes in strict observance of the Sabbath.
- adjective Relating to the Sabbath or to Sabbatarians.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Pertaining to the Sabbath or its observance.
- noun One who maintains the observance of the Sabbath (in the original sense) as obligatory on Christians.
- noun One who observes the Sabbath (whether Saturday or Sunday) according to the real or supposed Jewish rules for its observance; hence, one who observes it with more than the usual strictness. In the Puritan controversies of the sixteenth century the church party maintained that the obligation to observe one day in seven as a day of rest and devotion rested not upon the fourth commandment, but upon church usage and the beneficent results arising therefrom; the Puritans maintained that the obligation was based upon the Jewish law, and that the nature of the obligation was to be deduced from the Jewish regulations. They interdicted every sort of worldly occupation and every form of pastime and recreation, and were termed Sabbatarians by their opponents; hence the later use of the term as one of reproach.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who regards and keeps the seventh day of the week as holy, agreeably to the letter of the fourth commandment in the Decalogue.
- noun A strict observer of the Sabbath.
- adjective Of or pertaining to the Sabbath, or the tenets of Sabbatarians.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A person who
regards andkeeps theseventh day of the week ("Saturday ", theIsraelite orJewish Sabbath ) asholy inconformity with the fourthcommandment of theDecalogue , such as an Orthodox Jew, Seventh-day Adventist, Seventh Day Baptist, a member of the Church of God (Seventh Day); a Sabbath-keeper, a Saturday-keeper. - noun A person who
regards andkeeps thefirst day of the week asholy and often considers it as a replacement for the seventh-day Sabbath, a Sunday-keeper. - noun A person who favors the
strict observance of theSabbath (either the seventh day or first day of the week). - noun A
member of a non-Jewish religious sect originating inRussia distinguished byobservance ofJewish rites andfestivals includingSaturday as the day of rest. - adjective Of or pertaining to the
Sabbath , or the tenets of Sabbatarians.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun one who observes Saturday as the Sabbath (as in Judaism)
- adjective pertaining to the Sabbath and its observance
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Their distinctive doctrine is the observance of the Sabbath day, and on that account, prior to 1818, were called Sabbatarian Baptists.
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My father always read one daily chapter with us every morning, one Psalm at family prayers, and my mother made us repeat a few verses of Scripture before our other studies began; besides which there was special teaching on Sunday, and an abstinence from amusements, such as would now be called Sabbatarian, but a walk in the Park with papa was so much esteemed that it made the day a happy and honoured one to those who could walk.
Chantry House Charlotte Mary Yonge 1862
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This not from any "Sabbatarian" theory, but from the wish to let our
The Life and Letters of Lewis Carroll (Rev. C. L. Dodgson) Stuart Dodgson Collingwood 1903
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"Calypso," some kind of Sabbatarian Christian feminist decided to go to a Jewish synagogue one Sabbath morning "to worship with my sisters of the Hebrew faith."
On the Main Line 2010
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His focus on the Sabbatarian debates in America and Britain attests to the human need for a day of rest and reflection.
Cover to Cover 2009
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His focus on the Sabbatarian debates in America and Britain attests to the human need for a day of rest and reflection.
Cover to Cover 2009
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I have been a Sabbatarian for at least two years now.
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But the specifics of Judaic law - the various misogynistic provisions, acceptance of slavery, Sabbatarian and dietary laws etc have no place in our society.
Giving evidence to the Chilcot inquiry, Tony Blair said: “I... 2010
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Religious belief most likely buttressed his position as well as his contemporary work on petition drives as part of the Sabbatarian movement.
Advocating The Man: Masculinity, Organized Labor, and the Household in New York, 1800-1840 2006
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Sabbath soccer finally kicked off last Sunday when an Irish League match took place at The Oval between Bangor and home side Glentoran ironically the club which the aforementioned Sabbatarian Johnny Jameson played with for most of his career.
Archive 2008-09-01 Johnny Guitar 2008
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