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Sabbatize

[ sab-uh-tahyz ]
/ ˈsæb əˌtaɪz /
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verb (used without object), Sab·ba·tized, Sab·ba·tiz·ing.
to keep the Sabbath.
verb (used with object), Sab·ba·tized, Sab·ba·tiz·ing.
to keep as the Sabbath.
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Also especially British, Sab·ba·tise .

Origin of Sabbatize

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

OTHER WORDS FROM Sabbatize

Sab·ba·ti·za·tion, noun
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How to use Sabbatize in a sentence

  • If they had met together to sabbatize, he, certainly, would have been with them.

  • To sabbatize is to rest from our own secular labors, and keep a season holy to God.

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