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SABBATH
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
A day of rest and worship: Sunday for most Christians; Saturday for the Jews and a few Christians; Friday for Muslims
Classified under:
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations
Hypernyms ("Sabbath" is a kind of...):
day of rest; rest day (a day set aside for rest)
Derivation:
Sabbatarian (pertaining to the Sabbath and its observance)
sabbatical (of or relating to the Sabbath)