Sabbatical
adjective
of or pertaining or appropriate to the Sabbath.
Sabbatic
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a variation of
Sabbatical.
Example Sentences
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What's interesting, though, is that for all of its manifestations of demons like George or the occasional appearances by a horned beast that resembles the Sabbatic Goat Baphomet, the scariest monsters are human.
From Salon ● Jul. 25, 2021
She leaned her head against the window, listening to the bees humming in the garden—bees, daring Sunday workers, and even they seemed to toil with a kind of Sabbatic solemnity.
From Olive A Novel by G. Bowers
He fluttered through the sooty and Sabbatic air of the Victorian era, uttering melodious cries of protest against everything in morals, politics, and religion for which Queen Victoria seemed to stand.
From Old and New Masters by Robert Lynd
Acting like this curate chap, and giving his congregation red-hot pap for their Sabbatic food.
From The Brentons by Wilson C. Dexter
On these he makes Christmas carols, which grow ever more and more burlesque, forming a true Sabbatic literature.
From La Sorcière: The Witch of the Middle Ages by Jules Michelet
