{ } a. [ Gr. &unr_;: cf. F. sabbatique. ] Of or pertaining to the Sabbath; resembling the Sabbath; enjoying or bringing an intermission of labor. [ 1913 Webster ]
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. [ 1913 Webster ]