Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Sabbatarian"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Sabbatarian \Sab`ba*ta"ri*an\, n. [L. Sabbatarius: cf. F.
sabbataire. See {Sabbath}.]
1. One who regards and keeps the seventh day of the week as
holy, agreeably to the letter of the fourth commandment in
the Decalogue.
Note: There were Christians in the early church who held this
opinion, and certain Christians, esp. the {Seventh-day
Baptists}, hold it now.
2. A strict observer of the Sabbath.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Sabbatarian \Sab`ba*ta"ri*an\, a.
Of or pertaining to the Sabbath, or the tenets of
Sabbatarians.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
Sabbatarian
adj : pertaining to the Sabbath and its observance [syn: {Sabbatarian}]
n : one who observes Saturday as the Sabbath (as in Judaism)
[syn: {Sabbatarian}]
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