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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Sabbatic  \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. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  sabbatical 
  adj  :  of  or  relating  to  sabbatical  leave  "sabbatical  research 
  project" 
  n  :  a  leave  usually  taken  every  seventh  year  [syn:  {sabbatical 
  leave}] 




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