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sabbath | week |

As a proper noun Sabbath

is the Biblical seventh day of the week, observed as a day of rest in Judaism, Seventh-day Adventism, or Seventh Day Baptism, starting at sundown on Friday till sundown on Saturday.

As a noun week is

any period of seven consecutive days.

sabbath

English

Proper noun

(en proper noun)
  • 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:
  • 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.

    week

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia week) (en noun)
  • Any period of seven consecutive days.
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  • A period of seven days beginning with Sunday or Monday.
  • A subdivision of the month into longer periods of work days punctuated by shorter weekend periods of days for markets, rest, or religious observation such as a sabbath.(rfex)
  • Seven days after ((sometimes) before) a specified date.
  • Derived terms

    * bush week * for weeks on end * hell week * Holy Week * weekend * weekly

    See also

    * * fortnight * month * nundinal cycle * year

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