Sabbath school

American  

noun

1. Sunday school.

2. (among Seventh-Day Adventists) such a school held on Saturday, their holy day.

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sabbath school British  

noun

1. (sometimes capitals) a school for religious instruction held on the Sabbath

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Etymology

Origin of Sabbath school

First recorded in 1810–20

Example Sentences

The Alabama High School Athletic Association agreed Tuesday to accommodate Saturday Sabbath schools, six months after a Huntsville high school basketball team was forced to forfeit a tournament game, sparking a federal lawsuit.

From Washington Times

Thus ended our little Sabbath school in the pious town of St. Michael’s.

From Literature

Ain’t nothing made this point better than the lesson Mr. Travis has been pounding on us lately, both in regular classes and Sabbath school.

From Literature

When her ten years of service were over, she took advantage of New England’s “Sabbath schools”—free Sunday schools—to get even more education.

From Time

She would establish a Sabbath school, and superintend it until she saw it flourishing, and then deliver it into the hands of some suitable person, and go and establish another.

From Project Gutenberg