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Strict :: Strict (a.) Governed or governing by exact rules; observing exact rules; severe; rigorous; as, very strict in observing the Sabbath..

Sabbatarian :: Sabbatarian (n.) A strict observer of the Sabbath.

Sabbath :: Sabbath (n.) A season or day of rest; one day in seven appointed for rest or worship, the observance of which was enjoined upon the Jews in the Decalogue, and has been continued by the Christian church with a transference of the day observed from the last to the first day of the week, which is called also Lord's Day..

Anagogical :: Anagogical (a.) Mystical; having a secondary spiritual meaning; as, the rest of the Sabbath, in an anagogical sense, signifies the repose of the saints in heaven; an anagogical explication..

Showbread :: Showbread (n.) Bread of exhibition; loaves to set before God; -- the term used in translating the various phrases used in the Hebrew and Greek to designate the loaves of bread which the priest of the week placed before the Lord on the golden table in the sanctuary. They were made of fine flour unleavened, and were changed every Sabbath. The loaves, twelve in number, represented the twelve tribes of Israel. They were to be eaten by the priests only, and in the Holy Place..

Sabbatarian :: Sabbatarian (a.) Of or pertaining to the Sabbath, or the tenets of Sabbatarians..

Sabbatism :: Sabbatism (n.) Intermission of labor, as upon the Sabbath; rest..

Sundered :: Sunday (a.) Belonging to the Christian Sabbath.

Week :: Week (n.) A period of seven days, usually that reckoned from one Sabbath or Sunday to the next..

Sabaoth :: Sabaoth (n. pl.) Incorrectly, the Sabbath..

Observance :: Observance (n.) The act or practice of observing or noticing with attention; a heeding or keeping with care; performance; -- usually with a sense of strictness and fidelity; as, the observance of the Sabbath is general; the strict observance of duties..

Jubilee :: "Jubilee (n.) Every fiftieth year, being the year following the completion of each seventh sabbath of years, at which time all the slaves of Hebrew blood were liberated, and all lands which had been alienated during the whole period reverted to their former owners..

Parasceve :: Parasceve (n.) Among the Jews, the evening before the Sabbath..

Profanation :: Profanation (v. t.) The act of violating sacred things, or of treating them with contempt or irreverence; irreverent or too familiar treatment or use of what is sacred; desecration; as, the profanation of the Sabbath; the profanation of a sanctuary; the profanation of the name of God..

Tithingman :: Tithingman (n.) A parish officer elected annually to preserve good order in the church during divine service, to make complaint of any disorderly conduct, and to enforce the observance of the Sabbath..

Sunday :: Sunday (n.) The first day of the week, -- consecrated among Christians to rest from secular employments, and to religious worship; the Christian Sabbath; the Lord's Day..

Sabbatical :: Sabbatical (a.) Of or pertaining to the Sabbath; resembling the Sabbath; enjoying or bringing an intermission of labor.

Sabbath :: Sabbath (n.) The seventh year, observed among the Israelites as one of rest and festival..

Sabbath :: Sabbath (n.) Fig.: A time of rest or repose; intermission of pain, effort, sorrow, or the like..

Sabbathless :: Sabbathless (a.) Without Sabbath, or intermission of labor; hence, without respite or rest..

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