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Saturday vs Sabbatarian - What's the difference?

saturday | sabbatarian |

As nouns the difference between saturday and sabbatarian

is that saturday is the seventh day of the week in many religious traditions, and the sixth day of the week in systems using the ISO 8601 norm; the Biblical seventh day of the week, observed as Sabbath or "Day of Rest"; it follows Friday and precedes Sunday while 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 adverb Saturday

is on Saturday.

As an adjective Sabbatarian is

of or pertaining to the Sabbath, or the tenets of Sabbatarians.

saturday

English

Noun

(Saturdays)
  • The seventh day of the week in many religious traditions, and the sixth day of the week in systems using the ISO 8601 norm; the Biblical seventh day of the week, observed as Sabbath or "Day of Rest"; it follows Friday and precedes Sunday.

    • Derived terms

    * Black Saturday * Dynamite Saturday * Easter Saturday * Egg Saturday * first Saturday devotions * Holy Saturday * Hospital Saturday * Little Saturday * Pink Saturday * Sat, * Saturday closing * Saturdaying * Saturdayite * Saturday-night * Saturday Night Live * Saturday penny * Saturday pops * Saturdays * Saturday-sabbatharian * Saturday-to-Monday *

    Adverb

    (-)
  • on Saturday

    • See also

    *

    sabbatarian

    English

    Alternative forms

    * sabbatarian, sabbatharian,Sabbatharian

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • 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.

    • Derived terms

    * sabbatarianism, Sabbatarianism

    Related terms

    * sabbatism, Sabbatism * (sabbatismós) * sabbatismus, Sabbatismus

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Of or pertaining to the Sabbath, or the tenets of Sabbatarians.