Sabbatarian

American  

[sab-uh-tair-ee-uhn] / ˌsæb əˈtɛər i ən /

noun

1. a person who observes the seventh day of the week, Saturday, as the Sabbath.

2. a person who adheres to or favors a strict observance of Sunday.

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adjective

1. of or relating to the Sabbath and its observance.

Sabbatarian British  

/ ˌsæbəˈtɛərɪən /

noun

1. a person advocating the strict religious observance of Sunday

2. a person who observes Saturday as the Sabbath

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adjective

1. of or relating to the Sabbath or its observance

Other Word Forms

• Sabbatarianism noun

Etymology

Origin of Sabbatarian

1605–15; < Late Latin sabbatāri ( us ) ( sabbat ( um ) Sabbath + -ārius -ary ) + -an

Example Sentences

The Sabbatarian tradition is upheld, in a serious way, by some small groups of religious Protestants and, of course, by observant Jews.

From New York Times • Apr. 26, 2013

"I propose that we send a resolution to Their Royal Highness," shrilled Sabbatarian Fraser, "a resolution urging that such an insult to Scotland shall not take place again!"

From Time Magazine Archive

The poet reads some of his finest works�Prufrock, Gerontion, The Hollow Men, Journey of the Magi�in the precise, Sabbatarian drone of an old and seldom dusted curate.

From Time Magazine Archive

Said Lions' President Jack Kavanagh: To Britons who live in the somnolent shadow of Sabbatarian BBC, prewar Radio Luxembourg was a sprightly, sunny beam.

From Time Magazine Archive

He had a rich neighbor, a Gentile, whose property a certain fortune-teller had said would eventually revert to Joseph the Sabbatarian.

From Hebraic Literature; Translations from the Talmud, Midrashim and Kabbala by Various