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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
sabbath/ˈsabəθ/
▶noun
- 1 (often the Sabbath) a day of religious observance and abstinence from work, kept by Jews from Friday evening to Saturday evening, and by most Christians on Sunday.
- 2 (also witches' sabbath) a supposed annual midnight meeting held by witches.
– origin OE, from L. sabbatum, via Gk from Heb. šabbāṯ, from šāḇaṯ ‘to rest’.
'Sabbath' also found in these Oxford entries:
challah
- cholent
- eruv
- Habdalah
- kiddush
- sabbatarian
- sabbath
- sabbatical
- sabbatical year
- Seventh-Day Adventist
- Shabbat
- Shabbos
- shewbread
- witches' sabbath
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