SABBATH
\sˈabaθ], \sˈabaθ], \s_ˈa_b_a_θ]\
Definitions of SABBATH
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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a day of rest and worship: Sunday for most Christians; Saturday for the Jews and a few Christians; Friday for Muslims
By Princeton University
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a day of rest and worship: Sunday for most Christians; Saturday for the Jews and a few Christians; Friday for Muslims
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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The seventh year, observed among the Israelites as one of rest and festival.
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Fig.: A time of rest or repose; intermission of pain, effort, sorrow, or the like.
By Oddity Software
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The seventh year, observed among the Israelites as one of rest and festival.
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Fig.: A time of rest or repose; intermission of pain, effort, sorrow, or the like.
By Noah Webster.
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The seventh day of the week, observed by the Jews as a day of rest; the Christian Sunday, or first day of the week, observed as a day of rest and worship.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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Among the Jews, the seventh day of the week, set apart for rest from work: among Christians, the first day of the week, in memory of the resurrection of Christ: among the ancient Jews, the seventh year, when the land was left fallow.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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n. [Hebrew] The seventh or last day the week, the observance of which as a day of rest or worship, was enjoined upon the Jews in the decalogue; among Christians, the fist day of the week, the day on which Christ arose from the dead;- the seventh year observed among the Israelites as one of rest and festival;-intermission of pain effort, sorrow, or the like.
