What is the difference between sabbatical and sabbath?
sabbatical | sabbath |
Relating to the Sabbath.
Relating to a .
An extended period of leave, often one year long, taken by an employee in order to carry out projects not otherwise associated with the employee's job. During the sabbatical, the employer may pay some or all of the wages that would have been otherwise earned or some or all of the expenses incurred. University lecturers, for example, may be granted a one-year paid sabbatical once every seven years.
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:
Sabbath is a related term of sabbatical.
As an adjective sabbatical
is relating to the Sabbath.As a noun sabbatical
is an extended period of leave, often one year long, taken by an employee in order to carry out projects not otherwise associated with the employee's job. During the sabbatical, the employer may pay some or all of the wages that would have been otherwise earned or some or all of the expenses incurred. University lecturers, for example, may be granted a one-year paid sabbatical once every seven years.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.sabbatical
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(wikipedia sabbatical)Alternative forms
* sabbaticAdjective
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(en noun)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.
