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Sabbatean

Sabbatean is the alternative form of Sabbatian.

Meaning of Sabbatian

Adjective

Sabbatian (comparative more Sabbatian, superlative most Sabbatian)

  1. Pertaining to the mystical ideas of Sabbatai Zevi and his followers.
    • Like the late Dr Falk (d. 1782), Grabianka was a native of Podolia, where Sabbatian influences were strong among local Jews, and he imbibed many of their notions.2006, Marsha Keith Schuchard, Why Mrs Blake Cried, Pimlico, published 2007, page 219

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Forms of Sabbatean

Adjective
comparativemore Sabbatean
superlativemost Sabbatean
Noun
pluralSabbateans

Questions about Sabbatean

What is Sabbatean the alternative form of?
Sabbatean is the alternative form of Sabbatian.

Words near Sabbatean in the dictionary

  1. sabbatarian
  2. sabbatarianism
  3. Sabbatarianisms
  4. Sabbatarians
  5. Sabbatary
  6. Sabbatean
  7. Sabbateanism
  8. Sabbateans
  9. sabbath
  10. sabbath elevator
  11. Sabbath elevators

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Sabbatean (page history and authors); Sabbatian (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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