Definition of sabbath:

part of speech: noun

The seventh day of the week, devoted by the Jewish law to rest and worship.

part of speech: noun

Sabbatie, sabbatical.

Common misspellings * :

• sabbeth (7.1%)
• sabith (4.8%)
• sabath (64.3%)
• shabat (9.5%)
• shabbat (14.3%)

Usage examples :

• Good, worthy man, his work on earth is done; His place is lost, the old church passed away; And with them, when they went, there must have gone That sweet, bright calm, my childhood's Sabbath day. "Songs Ysame", - Annie Fellows Johnston Albion Fellows Bacon

• It was on the still afternoon of the following Sabbath that he was sent for, in haste, to the chamber of his son. "The May Flower, and Miscellaneous Writings", - Harriet Beecher Stowe

• 3 And even in the beginning of the creation he makes mention of the sabbath "The Forbidden Gospels and Epistles, Complete", - Archbishop Wake

• Every preparation for the Sabbath had been made on the Saturday, to avoid as much as possible any work. "The Autobiography of Mark Rutherford", - Mark Rutherford