Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The seventh day of the week, Saturday, observed as the day of rest and worship in Judaism and some Christian sects.
- noun The first day of the week, Sunday, observed as the day of rest and worship in most forms of Christianity.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In the Jewish calendar, the seventh day of the week, now known as Saturday, observed as a day of rest from secular employment, and of religious observance.
- noun The first day of the week, similarly observed by most Christian denominations: more properly designated Sunday, or the Lord's Day.
- noun [lowercase] A time of rest or quiet; respite from toil, trouble, pain, sorrow, etc.
- noun [lowercase] The sabbatical year among the Israelites.
- noun A midnight meeting supposed in the middle ages to have been held annually by demons, sorcerers, and witches, under the leadership of Satan, for the purpose of celebrating their orgies. More fully called
Witches' Sabbath . Also, archaically, Sabbat. - Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of the Sabbath (or, by common but less proper use, Sunday): as, Sabbath duties; Sabbath observance; Sabbath stillness.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun 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 . - noun The seventh year, observed among the Israelites as one of rest and festival.
- noun Fig.: A time of rest or repose; intermission of pain, effort, sorrow, or the like.
- noun one who violates the law of the Sabbath.
- noun the violation of the law of the Sabbath.
- noun a distance of about a mile, which, under Rabbinical law, the Jews were allowed to travel on the Sabbath.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- proper noun The
Biblical seventhday of theweek , observed as a day of rest inJudaism ,Seventh-day Adventism , or Seventh Day Baptism, starting atsundown onFriday till sundown onSaturday . - proper noun
Sunday , observed throughout the majority ofChristianity as a day of rest. - proper noun
Friday , observed inIslam as a day of rest. - proper noun A meeting of
witches atmidnight .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a day of rest and worship: Sunday for most Christians; Saturday for the Jews and a few Christians; Friday for Muslims
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Fifteenth and sixteenth verses give them a fifty day's Sabbath; twenty-fourth verse says: "Speak unto the children of Israel, saying in the seventh month in the first day of the month, shall ye have a _Sabbath_, a memorial of blowing of trumpets, an holy convocation."
The Seventh Day Sabbath, a Perpetual Sign 1847 edition Joseph Bates 1832
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"Wherefore the children of Israel shall keep the Sabbath, to observe the _Sabbath_ throughout their generations for a _perpetual covenant_; it is a SIGN between me and the children of Israel _forever_."
The Seventh Day Sabbath, a Perpetual Sign 1847 edition Joseph Bates 1832
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Fifteenth and sixteenth verses gives them a fifty day's Sabbath; twenty-fourth verse says: "Speak unto the children of Israel, saying in the seventh month in the first day of the month, shall ye have a _Sabbath_, a memorial of blowing of trumpets, an holy convocation."
The Seventh Day Sabbath, a Perpetual Sign, from the Beginning to the Entering into the Gates of the Holy City, According to the Commandment Joseph Bates 1832
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THE SABBATH UNDER CROSSFIRE refutes the common arguments used to negate the continuity and validity of the Sabbath.
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And the Levites and all Judah to all that Jehoiada the priest _did according to all that Jehoiada had commanded, and took each his the priest had commanded, and took men, those that were to come in each his men, those that were to come on the Sabbath with those that in on the Sabbath with those that were to go out on the Sabbath, were to go out on the Sabbath_, for and came to Jehoiada the priest.
Prolegomena Julius Wellhausen 1881
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The word Sabbath comes from the Hebrew shabat, meaning to rest, to cease from work.
THE HIDDEN FACE OF GOD GERALD L. SCHROEDER 2001
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The word Sabbath comes from the Hebrew shabat, meaning to rest, to cease from work.
THE HIDDEN FACE OF GOD GERALD L. SCHROEDER 2001
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This is evidenced in languages such as Italian, where Saturday is called "Sabato" (from the term Sabbath), and Spanish, where Saturday is "Sábado" (also from the term Sabbath).
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– - Exodus 35: 2 clearly says working on the Sabbath is a mortal sin.
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Exodus 35: 2 clearly says working on the Sabbath is a mortal sin.
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