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Sabbath n. : 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.

Sabbath n. : The seventh year, observed among the Israelites as one of rest and festival.

Sabbath n. : Fig.: A time of rest or repose; intermission of pain, effort, sorrow, or the like.

Example:
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Taxonomy
Sabbath, rest day, Shabbat, Christians, sabbat, day of rest, observance, Hebrew, new moon, Sabbatarians, Seventh-day Sabbath, seven-day weeks, seven days, sunset, Shmita, Uposatha, esbat, free encyclopedia.

Defination from the web:
... Observation and remembrance of Sabbath is one of the Ten Commandments (the fourth in the original Jewish, the Eastern Orthodox, and most ... 

synonyms
  (noun) Sabbath
  (noun) day of rest
  (noun) rest day


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