Sabbatize

[ sab-uh-tahyz ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

verb (used without object)

, Sab·ba·tized, Sab·ba·tiz·ing.

, Sab·ba·tized, Sab·ba·tiz·ing.

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

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.

April 19, 2024tortuous

[tawr-choo-uhs ]

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