sabbath /ˈsabəθ 
/ ▸ noun 1 (the Sabbath) a day of religious observance and abstinence from work, kept by Jewish people from Friday evening to Saturday evening, and by most Christians on Sunday: we observe the Sabbath as God has commanded
[as modifier] sabbath candles
sabbath law.
2 (also witches' sabbath, sabbat) a supposed midnight meeting held by witches. – ORIGIN Old English sabat, from Latin sabbatum, via Greek from Hebrew šabbāṯ, from šāḇaṯ ‘to rest’.
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