Sabbatize

[ sab-uh-tahyz ]
/ ˈsæb əˌtaɪz /
(often lowercase)

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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Example sentences from the Web for sabbatize

  • 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