Sabbatical
sabbatic (?), Sabbatical (?) ,a. (Gr. ?: cf. F. sabbatique.) Of or
pertaining to the Sabbath; resembling the Sabbath; enjoying or
bringing an intermission of labor.
Sabbatical year (Jewish Antiq.), every
seventh year, in which the Israelites were commanded to suffer their
fields and vineyards to rest, or lie without tillage.
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