sabbatic

HYPHEN

Sab=bat=ic

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Adjective sabbatic has 1 sense

sabbatic(a = adj.pert) sabbatical - of or relating to the Sabbath; "Friday is a sabbatical day for Muslims"

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CIDE DICTIONARY

sabbatic, a. [Gr. : cf. F. sabbatique.].

Of or pertaining to the Sabbath; resembling the Sabbath; enjoying or bringing an intermission of labor. [1913 Webster]

Sabbatical year (Jewish Antiq.), every seventh year, in which the Israelites were commanded to suffer their fields and vineyards to rest, or lie without tillage.

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