Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Sabbatical"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Sabbatic \Sab*bat"ic\, Sabbatical \Sab*bat"ic*al\, a. [Gr. ?:
cf. F. sabbatique.]
Of or pertaining to the Sabbath; resembling the Sabbath;
enjoying or bringing an intermission of labor.
{Sabbatical year} (Jewish Antiq.), every seventh year, in
which the Israelites were commanded to suffer their fields
and vineyards to rest, or lie without tillage.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
sabbatical
adj : of or relating to sabbatical leave; "sabbatical research
project"
n : a leave usually taken every seventh year [syn: {sabbatical
leave}]
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