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sabbatic, a. and n.|sæˈbætɪk|
Also Sabbatic.
[ad. F. sabbatique (= Sp. sabático, Pg., It. sabbatico), ad. med.L. *sabbaticus, a. Gr. σαββατικός, f. σάββατ-ον Sabbath: see -ic.]
A. adj.
a. Of or pertaining to the Sabbath; resembling or appropriate to the Sabbath. sabbatic year = sabbatical year (sabbatical a. 2 a).
1649Jer. Taylor Gt. Exemp. ii. Disc. ix. 119 Strict and necessary rest..was one great part of the Sabbatick rites. 1650Vind. Hammond's Addr. §16. 6 The servant..is to be set free from that servitude..in the seventh, or sabbatick year. 1660Jer. Taylor Duct. Dubit. ii. ii. rule vi. §46 They kept their first Sabbatick rest upon the very day in which their redemption was completed. a1711Ken Preparatives Poet. Wks. 1721 IV. 30 Sabbatick Dawn, a Priest of old, By sound of Trumpet told. 1737Whiston Josephus, War vii. v. §1 They call it the sabbatick river. 1861Lewin Jerusalem 87 Provisions in the little garrison from the effect of the sabbatic year, began to run short. 1882J. Parker Apost. Life I. 99 Grant Sabbatic peace to every soul.
b. = sabbatical a. 2 c. rare.
1905N.Y. Even. Post 23 Sept. 8 Professors Hull and Durham are spending their sabbatic year in Europe. 1970Newslet. Amer. Dial. Soc. Nov. 7 Budget requests may include..up to two-thirds of sabbatic, academic, or other leave pay offered by an applicant's institution.
†B. n. A sabbatic year. Obs.
1650Vind. Hammond's Addr. §16. 6 The Jubilee, which is the great Sabbatick (made up of seven times seven). |