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Meaning of SABBATARIAN

Pronunciation:  `sabu'tehreeun

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [n]  one who observes Saturday as the Sabbath (as in Judaism)
  2. [adj]  pertaining to the Sabbath and its observance
 
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 See Also: religionist, religious person

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. \Sab`ba*ta"ri*an\, n. [L. Sabbatarius: cf. F.
    sabbataire. See {Sabbath}.]
    1. One who regards and keeps the seventh day of the week as
       holy, agreeably to the letter of the fourth commandment in
       the Decalogue.
    Note: There were Christians in the early church who held this
          opinion, and certain Christians, esp. the {Seventh-day
          Baptists}, hold it now.
    2. A strict observer of the Sabbath.
    
  2. \Sab`ba*ta"ri*an\, a.
    Of or pertaining to the Sabbath, or the tenets of
    Sabbatarians.
    
 

 

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