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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, especially for rest, to acquire new skills or training, etc.
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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
EXPAND1880, 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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