Sabbath vs Sabbatarian - What's the difference?
sabbath | sabbatarian |
The (l) seventh (l) of the (l), observed as a day of rest in (l), , starting at (l) on (l) till sundown on (l).
(l), observed throughout the majority of (l) as a day of rest.
(l), observed in (l) as a day of rest.
A meeting of , presided over by the devil. (Also: witches' sabbath or black sabbath).
* 1971 , , Religion and the Decline of Magic , Folio Society 2012, p. 419:
A person who regards and keeps the seventh day of the week ("Saturday", the Israelite or Jewish Sabbath) as holy in conformity with the fourth commandment of the Decalogue, such as an Orthodox Jew, Seventh-day Adventist, Seventh Day Baptist, a member of the Church of God (Seventh Day); a Sabbath-keeper, a Saturday-keeper.
A person who regards and keeps the first day of the week as holy and often considers it as a replacement for the seventh-day Sabbath, a Sunday-keeper.
A person who favors the strict observance of the Sabbath (either the seventh day or first day of the week).
A member of a non-Jewish religious sect originating in Russia distinguished by observance of Jewish rites and festivals including Saturday as the day of rest.
As a noun sabbatarian is
a person who regards and keeps the seventh day of the week ("saturday", the israelite or jewish sabbath) as holy in conformity with the fourth commandment of the decalogue, such as an orthodox jew, seventh-day adventist, seventh day baptist, a member of the church of god (seventh day); a sabbath-keeper, a saturday-keeper.As an adjective sabbatarian is
of or pertaining to the sabbath, or the tenets of sabbatarians.sabbath
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Proper noun
(en proper noun)- Around this conception was built up the notion of ritual devil-worship, involving the sabbath or nocturnal meeting at which the witches gathered to worship their master and to copulate with him.
