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Sabbath

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Noun

1. sabbath

a day of rest and worship: Sunday for most Christians; Saturday for the Jews and a few Christians; Friday for Muslims

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Sabbath

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noun
1. 
the seventh day of the week, Saturday, devoted to worship and rest from work in Judaism and in certain Christian Churches
2. 
Sunday, observed by Christians as the day of worship and rest from work in commemoration of Christ's Resurrection
3. (not capital)
a period of rest
4. Also called: sabbat, witches' Sabbath
a midnight meeting or secret rendezvous for practitioners of witchcraft, sorcery, or devil worship

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Sabbath

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noun
1. 
the seventh day of the week (Saturday), set aside for rest and worship and observed as such by Jews (from Friday sunset to Saturday sunset) and some Christian denominations
2. 
Sunday as the usual Christian day of rest and worship
3.  [also s-]
a day or time set aside for rest or worship
4.  [also s-]
witches' Sabbath
adjective
5. 
of the Sabbath

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Sabbath

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n.
1. The seventh day of the week, Saturday, observed as the day of rest and worship in Judaism and some Christian sects.
2. The first day of the week, Sunday, observed as the day of rest and worship in most forms of Christianity.

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