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sabbatic |
sabbatical
| sabbatical leave
| sabbatical year
| sabbatism
| sabbaton
| sabbatum
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sabbatical
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun sabbatical has 1 sense
- sabbatical(n = noun.time) sabbatical leave - a leave usually taken every seventh year; Array is a kind of leave, leave of absence
has particulars: sabbatical year
Adjective sabbatical has 2 senses
- sabbatical(a = adj.pert) sabbatic - of or relating to the Sabbath; "Friday is a sabbatical day for Muslims" Derived form noun sabbath1
- sabbatical(a = adj.pert) Array - of or relating to sabbatical leave; "sabbatical research project"
CIDE DICTIONARY
sabbatical, a. [Gr. : cf. F. sabbatique.].
Of or pertaining to the Sabbath; resembling the Sabbath; enjoying or bringing an intermission of labor. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
sabbatical, adj. & n.
--adj.
1 of or appropriate to the sabbath.
2 (of leave) granted at intervals to a university teacher for study or travel, orig. every seventh year.
--n. a period of sabbatical leave.
--adj.
1 of or appropriate to the sabbath.
2 (of leave) granted at intervals to a university teacher for study or travel, orig. every seventh year.
--n. a period of sabbatical leave.
Idiom
sabbatical year
1 Bibl. every seventh year, prescribed by the Mosaic law to be observed as a 'sabbath', during which the land was allowed to rest.
2 a year's sabbatical leave.
1 Bibl. every seventh year, prescribed by the Mosaic law to be observed as a 'sabbath', during which the land was allowed to rest.
2 a year's sabbatical leave.
Derivative
sabbatically adv.
Etymology
LL sabbaticus f. Gk sabbatikos of the sabbath
THESAURUS
sabbatical
comfortable, festal, furlough, holiday, leave, leave of absence, liberty, paid holiday, paid vacation, quiet, restful, sabbatical leave, sabbatical year, shore leave, time off, vacation, vacational, weekend
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