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
They had in common with that sect their veneration for Moses and the Law, their Sabbatarianism, their striving after ceremonial purity, and their tendency towards fatalism.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 7 "Equation" to "Ethics" by Various
As far as Sabbatarianism is concerned, Rome is the Glasgow of Italy.
From Rome in 1860 by Dicey, Edward
But no; when the war was over and the Americans left us, the old Sabbatarianism reasserted itself.
From Roving East and Roving West by Lucas, E. V. (Edward Verrall)
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