Sabbatarianism

American  

[sab-uh-tair-ee-uhn-iz-uhm] / ˌsæb əˈtɛər i ənˌɪz əm /

noun

1. Christianity. strict observance of Sunday as a day of rest, reflection, and worship in celebration of Christ's resurrection.

2. Christianity. observance of Saturday, the seventh day of the week, as the Sabbath.

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Example Sentences

In the United States, Catholics were never the great proponents of Sabbatarianism, observing Sunday as a special day, for worship or rest.

From New York Times

Some groups may not even have a concept of Sabbatarianism.

From New York Times

Sabbatarianism is peculiarly an American and British institution; and this fact justifies the position that it is by no means a necessary condition of the security, or even the welfare, of civilised nations.

From Project Gutenberg

Owen complained in this pamphlet that Sabbatarianism denied "innocent and cheerful recreation to the labouring man"; and he spoke in public of the influence of religion on progress, with a hostility which sadly injured his popularity.

From Project Gutenberg

If Vestries will enforce Sabbatarianism, and if Alliances will totally deprive the weaker classes of the Refreshments of which they mostly make bad use, we shall raise the standard of national morals, and entirely efface the discontent which some persons believe is felt with national institutions.

From Project Gutenberg