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Letter S



Sabbatic \Sab*bat"ic\, Sabbatical \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. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster]See also: Sabbatical year more...
Sabbatic \Sab*bat"ic\, Sabbatical \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. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster]See also: Sabbatical year more...
Sabbatism \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. [1913 Webster]See also: Sabbath more...
Sabbaton \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. [1913 Webster] more...
Sabean \Sa*be"an\, a. & n. Same as Sabian. [1913 Webster]See also: Sabian Sabian \Sa"bi*an\, a. [L. Sabaeus.] [Written also Sabean, and Sabaean.] 1. Of or pertaining to Saba in Arabia, celebrated for producing aromatic plantsSee also: Sabean Sabaean Sabian \Sa"bi*an\, n. An adherent of the Sabian religion; a worshiper of the heavenly bodies. [Written also Sabaean, and Sabean.] [1913 Webster]See also: Sabaean Sabean more...
Sabeism \Sa"be*ism\, n. Same as Sabianism. [1913 Webster]See also: Sabianism more...
Sabellian \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. [1913 Webster] Sabellian \Sa*bel"li*an\, a. Pertaining to the doctrines or tenets of Sabellius. See Sabellian, n. [1913 Webster]See also: Sabellian more...