sabbath
/ˈsæbəθ/
sabbath is the alternative letter-case form of Sabbath.
Noun capitalized: Sabbath
Sabbath (plural Sabbaths)
- Friday, observed in Islam as a day of rest and worship.
- Saturday, observed in Judaism as a day of rest and worship.
- Sunday, observed in Christianity as a day of rest and worship.
- Jerusalem is a city of three Sabbaths–Friday (Muslim), Saturday (Jewish), and Sunday (Christian).
- Synonyms:
- Lord's Day, holy day
- A meeting of witches. (Also called a witches' Sabbath, Shabbat, sabbat, or black Sabbath.)
- They travel through the air in various strange conveyances, and it is no easy matter to distinguish between their convention and a Sabbath of the Witches.1828, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, volume II, London: William Harrison Ainsworth, page 241
- Witches always anointed themselves with ointments before departing up the chimney to their Sabbaths. One such ointment was composed of Aconite, Belladonna, Water Parsley, Cinquefoil and Babies' Fat.1936, Rollo Ahmed, The Black Art, London: Long, page 112
- Among the ancient Jews and Hebrews, the seventh year, when the land was left fallow.
- Synonyms:
- Sabbath year
- Synonym of uposatha, a regular day of fasting, devotion, or other religious observance.
- Synonyms:
- uposatha
Synonyms of sabbath
- Jumu'ah
- holy day
- Shabbat
- Lord's Day
- Sabbath year
- uposatha
Forms of sabbath
| plural | sabbaths |
|---|---|
| plural | Sabbaths |
| alternative form | sabbath |
Origin of sabbath
From Middle English sabat, sabbat, sabath, from Old English sabat and Old French sabbat, both from Latin sabbatum, from Ancient Greek σάββατον (sábbaton, “Sabbath”), from Hebrew שַׁבָּת (shabát, “Sabbath”), with the spelling ending in -th, probably influenced by the traditional transliteration of the Hebrew as shabbāth, being attested since the 14th century and widespread since the 16th. Doublet of Shabbat. Possibly from the Sumerian sa-bat ("mid-rest").
Words formed from sabbath
Phrases with sabbath
Questions about sabbath
- What does sabbath mean?
- Sabbath means friday, observed in Islam as a day of rest and worship.
- What is sabbath the alternative letter-case form of?
- Sabbath is the alternative letter-case form of Sabbath.
- What part of speech is sabbath?
- Sabbath is a noun.
- How do you pronounce sabbath?
- Sabbath is pronounced /ˈsæbəθ/ (UK).
- What is the plural of sabbath?
- The plural of sabbath is sabbaths.
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