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We have no evidence of the Babylonians securing the adoption of their sabbatic arrangements by the Persians, Greeks and Parthians who successively overcame them.

From The Astronomy of the Bible An Elementary Commentary on the Astronomical References of Holy Scripture by Maunder, E. Walter (Edward Walter)

"The sabbatic odour!" she said to him between clenched teeth, in a strangled voice.

From Là-bas by Wallace, Keene

We find no more mention of the sabbatic year until the reign of Zedekiah, the last king of Judah.

From The Astronomy of the Bible An Elementary Commentary on the Astronomical References of Holy Scripture by Maunder, E. Walter (Edward Walter)

The present lesson includes two Sabbath incidents, in the first of which the disciples are the transgressors of the sabbatic tradition; in the second, Christ's own action is brought into question.

From Expositions of Holy Scripture : St. Matthew Chaps. IX to XXVIII by Maclaren, Alexander

There must have been a sabbatic air of comfort about the dining-room which was soothing. 

From Masques & Phases by Ross, Robert