\Sab*bat"ic\, Sabbatical \Sab*bat"ic*al\, a. [Gr. ?:
cf. F. sabbatique.]
Of or pertaining to the Sabbath; resembling the Sabbath;
enjoying or bringing an intermission of labor.
{Sabbatical year} (Jewish Antiq.), every seventh year, in
   which the Israelites were commanded to suffer their fields
   and vineyards to rest, or lie without tillage.