Sabbatic

Sabbatic , adjective

[Greek {not transcribed}: compare French sabbatique.]

Of or pertaining to the Sabbath; resembling the Sabbath; enjoying or bringing an intermission of labor.

Collocations (1)

Sabbatical year (Jewish Antiquities) , every seventh year, in which the Israelites were commanded to suffer their fields and vineyards to rest, or lie without tillage.

Also: Sabbatical