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Sabbatical
[ suh-bat-i-kuhl ]
adjective
- of or pertaining or appropriate to the Sabbath.
- (lowercase) of or relating to a sabbatical year.
- (lowercase) bringing a period of rest.
noun
- (lowercase) sabbatical year.
- (lowercase) any extended period of leave from one's customary work, especially for rest, to acquire new skills or training, etc.
Sabbatical
1/ səˈbætɪkəl /
adjective
- of, relating to, or appropriate to the Sabbath as a day of rest and religious observance
noun
- See sabbatical yearshort for sabbatical year
sabbatical
2/ səˈbætɪkəl /
adjective
- denoting a period of leave granted to university staff, teachers, etc, esp approximately every seventh year
sabbatical leave
a sabbatical year
- denoting a post that renders the holder eligible for such leave
noun
- any sabbatical period
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Other Words From
- Sab·bati·cal·ly adverb
- Sab·bati·cal·ness noun
- non-Sab·batic adjective noun
- non-Sab·bati·cal adjective noun
- non-Sab·bati·cal·ly adverb
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Word History and Origins
Origin of Sabbatical1
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Word History and Origins
Origin of Sabbatical1
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Example Sentences
I was also teaching my courses at UC-Berkeley much of that time, though I had time off in the summers and through a sabbatical.
After a four-year sabbatical, today LeBron James decided to go back home.
The key to a truly disconnected holiday is to take an email sabbatical, says Danah Boyd, senior researcher at Microsoft.
Her recent medical episode underscores her need for a sabbatical.
However, the rigor of the Jewish Sabbatical laws was by no means followed.
There are not less spirits drank on amount of a sabbatical gloom; for harmless chearfulness is rather a preservative of innocence.
A sabbatical calm results from the contemplation of his labours.
Mrs. Morran all forenoon was in a state of un-Sabbatical disquiet.
The seventh is the Sabbatical year, when bondsmen were to be released and debts go free.
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