SABBATARIAN


Meaning of SABBATARIAN in English

n. & adj.

n. 1 a strict sabbath-keeping Jew. 2 a Christian who favours observing Sunday strictly as the sabbath. 3 a Christian who observes Saturday as the sabbath.

adj. relating to or holding the tenets of Sabbatarians. Sabbatarianism n.

[ LL sabbatarius f. L sabbatum: see SABBATH ]

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