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Sab·bat·i·cal

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–adjective

1.	of or pertaining or appropriate to the Sabbath.

2.	(lowercase) of or pertaining to a sabbatical year.

3.	(lowercase) bringing a period of rest.

–noun

4.	(lowercase) sabbatical year.

5.	(lowercase) any extended period of leave from one's customary work, esp. for rest, to acquire new skills or training, etc.

Also, Sab·bat·ic.

[Origin: 1605–15; < Gk sabbatikós (sábbat(on) Sabbath + -ikos -ic) + -al¹

]

—Related forms

Sab·bat·i·cal·ly, adverb

Sab·bat·i·cal·ness, noun

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sab·bat·i·cal Audio Help (sə-bāt'ĭ-kəl) Pronunciation Key
adj.

Relating to a sabbatical year.
Sabbatical also Sabbatic Relating or appropriate to the Sabbath as the day of rest.

n. A sabbatical year.

[From Late Latin sabbaticus, from Greek sabbatikos, from sabbaton, Sabbath; see Sabbath.]

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sabbatical

1645, "of or suitable for the Sabbath," from L. sabbaticus, from Gk. sabbatikos "of the Sabbath" (see Sabbath). Meaning "a year's absence granted to researchers" (originally one year in seven, to university professors) first recorded 1886 (the thing itself is attested from 1880, at Harvard), related to sabbatical year (1599) in Mosaic law, the seventh year, in which land was to remain untilled and debtors and slaves released.

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sabbatical
adjective
1.	of or relating to the Sabbath; "Friday is a sabbatical day for Muslims"
2.	of or relating to sabbatical leave; "sabbatical research project"
noun
1.	a leave usually taken every seventh year

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