Sab`ba*ta"ri*an, a. Of or pertaining to the Sabbath, or the tenets of
Sabbatarians.
Sab`ba*ta"ri*an*ism (?), n. The tenets of Sabbatarians. Bp. Ward
(1673).
Sab"bath (?), n. [OE. sabat, sabbat, F. sabbat, L. sabbatum, Gr.
sa`bbaton, fr. Heb. shabbth, fr. shbath to rest from labor. Cf.
Sabbat.] 1. A season or day of rest; one day in seven appointed for
rest or worship, the observance of which was enjoined upon the Jews in
the Decalogue, and has been continued by the Christian church with a
transference of the day observed from the last to the first day of the
week, which is called also Lord's Day.
Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy.
Ex. xx. 8.
2. The seventh year, observed among the Israelites as one of rest and
festival. Lev. xxv. 4.
3. Fig.: A time of rest or repose; intermission of pain, effort,
sorrow, or the like.
Peaceful sleep out the sabbath of the tomb.
Pope.
Sabbath breaker, one who violates the law of the Sabbath. -- Sabbath
breaking, the violation of the law of the Sabbath. -- Sabbath-day's
journey, a distance of about a mile, which, under Rabbinical law, the
Jews were allowed to travel on the Sabbath.
Syn. -- Sabbath, Sunday. Sabbath is not strictly synonymous with
Sunday. Sabbath denotes the institution; Sunday is the name of the
first day of the week. The Sabbath of the Jews is on Saturday, and the
Sabbath of most Christians on Sunday. In New England, the first day of
the week has been called "the Sabbath," to mark it as holy time; Sunday
is the word more commonly used, at present, in all parts of the United
States, as it is in England. "So if we will be the children of our
heavenly Father, we must be careful to keep the Christian Sabbath day,
which is the Sunday." Homilies.
Sab"bath*less, a. Without Sabbath, or intermission of labor; hence,
without respite or rest. Bacon.
{ Sab*bat"ic (?), 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.
Sab"ba*tism (?), n. [L. sabbatismus, Gr. &?;, fr. &?; to keep the
Sabbath: cf. F. sabbatisme. See Sabbath.] Intermission of labor, as
upon the Sabbath; rest. Dr. H. More.
Sab"ba*ton (?), n. [Cf. Sp. zapaton, a large shoe, F. sabot a wooden
shoe.] A round-toed, armed covering for the feet, worn during a part of
the sixteenth century in both military and civil dress.
Sa*be"an (?), a. & n. Same as Sabian.
Sa"be*ism (?), n. Same as Sabianism.
||Sa*bel"la (?), n. [NL., fr. L. sabulum gravel.] (Zoöl.) A genus of
||tubicolous annelids having a circle of plumose gills around the head.
Sa*bel"li*an (?), a. Pertaining to the doctrines or tenets of
Sabellius. See Sabellian, n.
Sa*bel"li*an (?), n. (Eccl. Hist.) A follower of Sabellius, a presbyter
of Ptolemais in the third century, who maintained that there is but one
person in the Godhead, and that the Son and Holy Spirit are only
different powers, operations, or offices of the one God the Father.
Sa*bel"li*an*ism (?), n. (Eccl.) The doctrines or tenets of Sabellius.
See Sabellian, n.
Sa*bel"loid (?), a. [Sabella + -oid.] (Zoöl.) Like, or related to, the
genus Sabella. -- Sa*bel"loid, n.
{ Sa"ber, Sa"bre } (?), n. [F. sabre, G. säbel; of uncertain origin;
cf. Hung. száblya, Pol. szabla, Russ. sabla, and L. Gr. zabo`s crooked,
curved.] A sword with a broad and heavy blade, thick at the back, and
usually more or less curved like a scimiter; a cavalry sword.
Saber fish, or Sabre fish (Zoöl.), the cutlass fish.
{ Sa"ber, Sa"bre }, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Sabered (?) or Sabred (&?;); p.
pr. & vb. n. Sabering or Sabring (&?;).] [Cf. F. sabrer.] To strike,
cut, or kill with a saber; to cut down, as with a saber.
You send troops to saber and bayonet us into submission.
Burke.
{ Sa"ber*bill`, Sa"bre*bill` }, n. (Zoöl.) The curlew.
Sa"bi*an (?), a. [L. Sabaeus.] [Written also Sabean, and Sabæan.] 1. Of
or pertaining to Saba in Arabia, celebrated for producing aromatic
plants.
2. Relating to the religion of Saba, or to the worship of the heavenly
bodies.
Sa"bi*an, n. An adherent of the Sabian religion; a worshiper of the
heavenly bodies. [Written also Sabæan, and Sabean.]
Sa"bi*an*ism (?), n. The doctrine of the Sabians; the Sabian religion;
that species of idolatry which consists in worshiping the sun, moon,
and stars; heliolatry. [Written also Sabæanism.]
||Sab"i*cu (?), n. The very hard wood of a leguminous West Indian tree
||(Lysiloma Sabicu), valued for shipbuilding.
Sa"bine (?), a. [L. Sabinus.] Of or pertaining to the ancient Sabines,
a people of Italy. -- n. One of the Sabine people.
Sab"ine (?), n. [F., fr. L. Sabina herba, fr. Sabini the Sabines. Cf.
Savin.] (Bot.) See Savin.
Sa"ble (?), n. [OF. sable, F. zibeline sable (in sense 4), LL.
sabellum; cf. D. sabel, Dan. sabel, zobel, Sw. sabel, sobel, G. zobel;
all fr. Russ. sóbole.] 1. (Zoöl.) A carnivorous animal of the Weasel
family (Mustela zibellina) native of the northern latitudes of Europe,
Asia, and America, -- noted for its fine, soft, and valuable fur.
The sable resembles the marten, but has a longer head and ears. Its fur
consists of a soft under wool, with a dense coat of hair, overtopped by
another still longer. It varies greatly in color and quality according
to the locality and the season of the year. The darkest and most
valuable furs are taken in autumn and winter in the colder parts of
Siberia, Russia, and British North America.
The American sable, or marten, was formerly considered a distinct
species (Mustela Americana), but it differs very little from the
Asiatic sable, and is now considered only a geographical variety.