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Sabbatize

[ sab-uh-tahyz ]

verb (used without object)

, Sab·ba·tized, Sab·ba·tiz·ing.
  1. to keep the Sabbath.


verb (used with object)

, Sab·ba·tized, Sab·ba·tiz·ing.
  1. to keep as the Sabbath.

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Other Words From

  • Sabba·ti·zation noun

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Word History and Origins

Origin of Sabbatize1

1350–1400; Middle English sabbatisen < Late Latin sabbatizāre < Greek sabbatízein, equivalent to sábbat ( on ) Sabbath + -izein -ize

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Example Sentences

If they had met together to sabbatize, he, certainly, would have been with them.

To sabbatize is to rest from our own secular labors, and keep a season holy to God.

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