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Sab⋅ba⋅tize

[sab-uh-tahyz] verb, -tized, -tiz⋅ing. (often lowercase)
–verb (used without object)
1. to keep the Sabbath.
–verb (used with object)
2. to keep as the Sabbath.
Also, especially British, Sab⋅ba⋅tise.


Origin:
1350–1400; ME sabbatisen < LL sabbatizāre < Gk sabbatízein, equiv. to sábbat(on) Sabbath + -izein -ize


Sab⋅ba⋅ti⋅za⋅tion, noun
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