SABBATH

Pronunciation (US):

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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)

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