Sabbatarianism
Americannoun
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Christianity. strict observance of Sunday as a day of rest, reflection, and worship in celebration of Christ's resurrection.
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Christianity. observance of Saturday, the seventh day of the week, as the Sabbath.
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Some groups may not even have a concept of Sabbatarianism.
From New York Times ● Apr. 26, 2013
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 ● Apr. 26, 2013
We began to break up our formation immediately, gabbling tactful irrelevancies about the delightful evening, the delinquent Carter, and the foolishness of Sabbatarianism.
From The Jervaise Comedy by J. D. (John Davys) Beresford
In the powerful picture of a Sunday evening in London, “gloomy, close, and stale,” which he afterwards drew in Little Dorrit, he almost seems to hold Sabbatarianism and the weather responsible for one another.
From Dickens English Men of Letters by Sir Adolphus William Ward
Add to this the terrors of the exaggerated Sabbatarianism of the period.
From Science and Morals and Other Essays by Sir Bertram Coghill Alan Windle
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