English Explanatory Dictionary

Sabbath

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Friday, observed in Islam as a day of rest and worship.
  2. Saturday, observed in Judaism as a day of rest and worship.
  3. Sunday, observed in Christianity as a day of rest and worship.
  4. A meeting of witches. (Also called a witches' Sabbath, Shabbat, sabbat, or black Sabbath.)
  5. Among the ancient Jews and Hebrews, the seventh year, when the land was left fallow.
  6. Synonym of uposatha, a regular day of fasting, devotion, or other religious observance.
noun
  1. Alternative letter-case form of Sabbath.

Pronunciation

/ˈsæbəθ/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Sabbath.wav

Word forms

Sabbath Sabbaths

Etymology

From Middle English sabat, sabbat, sabath, from Old English sabat and Old French sabbat, both from Latin sabbatum, from Ancient Greek σάββατον (sábbaton, “Sabbath”), from Hebrew שַׁבָּת (shabát, “Sabbath”), with the spelling ending in -th, probably influenced by the traditional transliteration of the Hebrew as shabbāth, being attested since the 14th century and widespread since the 16th. Doublet of Shabbat. Possibly from the Sumerian sa-bat ("mid-rest").

Synonyms

Jumu'ah holy day Shabbat Shabbas shabbos Lord's Day Sabbath year uposatha

Related words

sabbat sabbatarian sabbatarianism sabbatic sabbatical sabbatically sabbatise Sabbatiser Sabbatism Sabbatist Sabbatistic sabbatistical Sabbatize sabbatizer Shabbat shabbes shabbos Gregorian calendar Jewish calendar Islamic calendar

Derived words

black Sabbath Buddhist sabbath Sabbatharian Sabbath-breaker Sabbath-breaking Sabbath-day Sabbath Gentile Sabbath goy Sabbathism Sabbathize Sabbath-keeper Sabbath-keeping Sabbathless Sabbathlike Sabbathly Sabbath year witches' Sabbath
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