Sab|ba|tar|i|an

Sab|ba|tar|i|an
Sab|ba|tar|i|an «SAB uh TAYR ee uhn», noun, adjective.
–n.
1. a person who observes Saturday, the seventh day of the week, as a day of worship and rest, as Jews and some Christians do.
2. a Christian who favors a very strict observance of Sunday.
–adj.
of or having to do with the Sabbath, Sabbatarians, or Sabbath observance: »

He was sharply criticized by strict Sabbatarian elements when he first began playing golf on Sundays (Newsweek).

╂[< Late Latin Sabbatārius of the Sabbath (in Latin, plural, keepers of the Sabbath < sabbatum Sabbath) + English -an]

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  • a — acar·a·pis; ac·a·ri·a·sis; ac·a·ri·a·sis; ac·a·ri·na; ac·a·ri·nar·i·um; ac·a·rine; ac·a·ri·nol·o·gy; ac·a·ri·no·sis; ac·a·ro·ce·cid·i·um; ac·a·roid; ac·a·rol·o·gist; ac·a·rol·o·gy; ac·a·ro·pho·bia; ac·a·rus; acat·a·lep·sy; acat·a·lex·is;… …   English syllables

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