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nouna day of rest and worship: Sunday for most Christians; Saturday for the Jews and a few Christians; Friday for Muslimstype of:
Definition that contains sabbath
- saturday the seventh and last day of the week; observed as the Sabbath by Jews and some Christians
- sat the seventh and last day of the week; observed as the Sabbath by Jews and some Christians
- sabbatical of or relating to the Sabbath
- haftorah a short selection from the Prophets read on every Sabbath in a Jewish synagogue following a reading from the Torah
- mikvah (Hebrew) a ritual purification and cleansing bath that Orthodox Jews take on certain occasions (as before Sabbath or after menstruation)
- haphtorah a short selection from the Prophets read on every Sabbath in a Jewish synagogue following a reading from the Torah
- sabbatic of or relating to the Sabbath
- sabbatarian one who observes Saturday as the Sabbath (as in Judaism)
- haftarah a short selection from the Prophets read on every Sabbath in a Jewish synagogue following a reading from the Torah
- sabbatum the seventh and last day of the week; observed as the Sabbath by Jews and some Christians