sabbath
/ˈsæbəθ/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.50 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Friday, observed in Islam as a day of rest and worship.
noun
Saturday, observed in Judaism as a day of rest and worship.
noun
Sunday, observed in Christianity as a day of rest and worship.
noun
Alternative letter-case form of Sabbath.
Example Sentences
- "Jerusalem is a city of three Sabbaths–Friday (Muslim), Saturday (Jewish), and Sunday (Christian)."
- "They travel through the air in various strange conveyances, and it is no easy matter to distinguish between their convention and a Sabbath of the Witches."
- "Witches always anointed themselves with ointments before departing up the chimney to their Sabbaths. One such ointment was composed of Aconite, Belladonna, Water Parsley, Cinquefoil and Babies' Fat."
- "Around this conception was built up the notion of ritual devil-worship, involving the sabbath or nocturnal meeting at which the witches gathered to worship their master and to copulate with him."
- "Far-right activists had organised their protest for the Jewish sabbath in an area with a 40% Jewish population."
Etymology
From Middle English sabat, sabbat, sabath, from Old English sabat and Old French sabbat, both from Latin sabbatum, from Ancient Greek σάββατον (sábbaton, “Sabbath”), from Hebrew שַׁבָּת (shabát, “Sabbath”), with the spelling ending in -th, probably influenced by the traditional transliteration of the Hebrew as shabbāth, being attested since the 14th century and widespread since the 16th. Doublet of Shabbat. Possibly from the Sumerian sa-bat ("mid-rest").
Origin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈsæbəθ/
- British English: /ˈsæbəθ/
Subject
Wiktionary places this term in Religion.