Sabbathism
Sabbathism noun: the tendency to treat the Sabbath as a solemn religious occasion rather than merely as a day off.
Noun
Sabbathism (uncountable)
- The tendency to treat the Sabbath as a solemn religious occasion rather than merely as a day off.
- […] they do not want the lowest forms of excitement, or of literature; they want something which shall occupy the middle ground between the debauchery of low holidayism and the religious observance which comes with Sabbathism.1884, The Outlook and Sabbath Quarterly, volumes 3-6, page 325
- As to Sunday legislation we have seen that its origin was absolutely pagan, and that it has been destructive of true Sabbathism at all times.1892, Abram Herbert Lewis, Paganism Surviving in Christianity
- Antonyms:
- holidayism
Antonyms of Sabbathism
Origin of Sabbathism
From Sabbath + -ism.
Questions about Sabbathism
- What does Sabbathism mean?
- Sabbathism means the tendency to treat the Sabbath as a solemn religious occasion rather than merely as a day off.
- What part of speech is Sabbathism?
- Sabbathism is a noun.
Words near Sabbathism in the dictionary
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