sabbatical year


Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
sabbatical year
noun
  • 1 a year's sabbatical leave.
  • 2 (in biblical times) a year observed every seventh year under the Law of Moses as a ‘sabbath’ during which the land was allowed to rest.
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