Sabbatarianism
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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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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
Some groups may not even have a concept of Sabbatarianism.
From New York Times • Apr. 26, 2013
Our Sabbatarianism does not forbid us to ask a man in Battersea to come and talk in Hertfordshire; it only prevents his getting there.
From Tremendous Trifles by Chesterton, G. K. (Gilbert Keith)
Add to this the terrors of the exaggerated Sabbatarianism of the period.
From Science and Morals and Other Essays by Windle, Bertram Coghill Alan, Sir
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 Beresford, J. D. (John Davys)
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