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Sabbath

Sabbath:

I. Jewish: sabbăta, orum, n. pl. (sing. does not occur): to fast on the S., sabbatis jejunium servare, Suet. Aug. 76: Hor.: Juv.: to keep the S., sabbătīzo, 1: Tert. adv. Jud. fin. (= sabbata servo, observo): to break the S., *s. violare, negligere, non servare.

II. Sabbaths, for Jewish festivals in general (as perhaps Coloss. ii. 16): outlandish festivals, peregrina sabbata, Ov. R. Am. 219, 220: observant ubi festa mero pede sabbata reges, Juv. 6, 159: recutitaque sabbata palles, Pers. 5, 184: perh. the feasts of the new moon, tricesima sabbata (i. e. the 30th of the month), Hor. Sat. 1, 9, 69.

III. Fig.: a season of rest (i. e. sabbath of release, Daniel: the eternal s., Dryden: s. of the tomb, Pope): sabbata; sabbătismus, i, m. (σαββατισμός), Vulg. Heb. iv. 10: Aug. C. D. 22, 30: *quies illa coelestis, divina, aeterna, etc. (N.B.--When Sabbath is used for Sunday, it should be translated by sabbata.)

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