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Sabbatical
{
Sab-bat′ic
,Sab-bat′ic-al
, }Adj.
[Gr. [GREEK]: 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.