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(1):

(n.) A season or day of rest; one day in seven appointed for rest or worship, the observance of which was enjoined upon the Jews in the Decalogue, and has been continued by the Christian church with a transference of the day observed from the last to the first day of the week, which is called also Lord's Day.

(2):

(n.) The seventh year, observed among the Israelites as one of rest and festival.

(3):

(n.) Fig.: A time of rest or repose; intermission of pain, effort, sorrow, or the like.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Sabbath'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​s/sabbath.html. 1828.
 
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