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

Words nearby Sabbatize

Sabbatarian, Sabbath, Sabbath school, Sabbatical, sabbatical year, Sabbatize, SABC, Sabean, Sabellian, saber, sabermetrics

How to use Sabbatize in a sentence

If they had met together to sabbatize, he, certainly, would have been with them.
Tracts on the Sabbath|Various
To sabbatize is to rest from our own secular labors, and keep a season holy to God.
Tracts on the Sabbath|Various