Sabbatize

especially British, Sab·ba·tise

[sab-uh-tahyz]

verb (used without object)

Sabbatized, Sabbatizing 

1. to keep the Sabbath.

verb (used with object)

Sabbatized, Sabbatizing 

1. to keep as the Sabbath.

Other Word Forms

• Sabbatization noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of Sabbatize¹

1350–1400; Middle English sabbatisen < Late Latin sabbatizāre < Greek sabbatízein, equivalent to sábbat ( on ) Sabbath + -izein -ize

Example Sentences

If because of the Law thou dost forbid Images, you will soon have to sabbatize and be circumcised, for these ordinances the Law commands as indispensable; nay, to observe the whole law, and not to keep the festival of the Lord's Pascha out of Jerusalem: but know that if you keep the Law, Christ hath profited you nothing. . . . .

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The Sabbath sabbatize, said He,— This gold is sacred unto me,— Rich gift of God unknown of mammon, Kingdom of Heaven by the roadside, free!

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