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sabbatical year

sabbatical year noun: a year of rest for the land observed every seven years in ancient Judea, which included allowing the fields to lie without tilling, sowing, or reaping from one autumn to the next in accordance with a Levitical commandment.

Noun

sabbatical year (plural sabbatical years)

  1. A year of rest for the land observed every seven years in ancient Judea, which included allowing the fields to lie without tilling, sowing, or reaping from one autumn to the next in accordance with a Levitical commandment.
  2. A leave, often with full or half pay granted (as every seventh year) to one holding an administrative or professional position for rest, travel, or research.

Forms of sabbatical year

pluralsabbatical years

Questions about sabbatical year

What does sabbatical year mean?
Sabbatical year means a year of rest for the land observed every seven years in ancient Judea, which included allowing the fields to lie without tilling, sowing, or reaping from one autumn to the next in accordance with a Levitical commandment.
What part of speech is sabbatical year?
Sabbatical year is a noun.
What is the plural of sabbatical year?
The plural of sabbatical year is sabbatical years.

Words near sabbatical year in the dictionary

  1. sabbatias
  2. sabbatic
  3. sabbatical
  4. sabbatical officer
  5. sabbatical officers
  6. sabbatical year
  7. sabbatical years
  8. sabbatically
  9. sabbaticals
  10. sabbatics
  11. Sabbatine

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