Phrase Hound found 38 phrases and 6 compound words that contain sabbath. The most common are listed below. Open sabbath in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 38
- black SabbathSynonym of witches' Sabbath (“meeting of witches”).
- Sabbath-dayThe day of the Sabbath; Saturday, the seventh day of the week.
- witches' SabbathA supposed meeting of witches at midnight to practice sorcery or to take part in a demonic orgy.
- break the SabbathTo violate (the holiness or sanctity of) the Sabbath (by not keeping it holy).
- Sabbath QueenA character, usually portrayed as a beautiful woman, who represents the shechinah and the Jewish Sabbath.
- breaking the Sabbathpresent participle and gerund of break the Sabbath
- breaks the Sabbaththird-person singular simple present indicative of break the Sabbath: To violate (the holiness or sanctity of) the Sabbath (by not keeping it holy).
- broke the Sabbathsimple past of break the Sabbath
- broken the Sabbathpast participle of break the Sabbath: To violate (the holiness or sanctity of) the Sabbath (by not keeping it holy).
- Sabbath elevatorAlternative form of Shabbat elevator: An elevator which works in a special mode, operating automatically, to satisfy the Jewish law requiring Jews to abstain from operating electrical switches on Shabbat.
- sabbath lampAlternative form of Shabbat lamp: A lamp with movable parts to expose or block its light, so that it can be lit or dimmed without using electrical power and thus (by some interpretations) without violating Jewish prohibitions against work …
- Sabbath modeA feature of some household appliances that temporarily prevents them from doing productive work in order to comply with Jewish restrictions on working on the Sabbath.
- Sabbath schoolA meeting for religious education, like a Sunday school, but held on the Sabbath day.
- Sabbath schoolsplural of Sabbath school: A meeting for religious education, like a Sunday school, but held on the Sabbath day.
- Sabbath stickA golf club disguised as a walking stick (with the club's head held in the hand while walking) for use on Sundays, on which the Church of Scotland had discouraged the playing of golf.
- Sabbath sticksplural of Sabbath stick: A golf club disguised as a walking stick (with the club's head held in the hand while walking) for use on Sundays, on which the Church of Scotland had discouraged the playing of golf.
- Sabbath-breakingan instance of breaking the Sabbath
- Sabbath goySynonym of shabbos goy: A gentile who performs certain acts which are forbidden to observant Jews on Shabbat, such as kindling fire.
- Sabbath-day's journeyThe distance of 2,000 cubits, or about five furlongs, which a Jew was permitted to walk on the Sabbath, fixed by the space between the extreme end of the camp and the ark.
- Buddhist sabbathSynonym of uposatha, a regular day of fasting, devotion, or other religious observance.
- Sabbath lampsplural of Sabbath lamp: A lamp with movable parts to expose or block its light, so that it can be lit or dimmed without using electrical power and thus (by some interpretations) without violating Jewish prohibitions against work on the …
- Sabbath observerSynonym of Sabbath-keeper: A person who keeps the Sabbath.
- Sabbath observersplural of Sabbath observer: A person who keeps the Sabbath.
- Sabbath-daysplural of Sabbath-day: The day of the Sabbath; Saturday, the seventh day of the week.
- Sabbath-keeperA person who keeps the Sabbath.
Compound words 6
- SabbatharianAlternative spelling of Sabbatarian: A person who regards and keeps the seventh day of the week ("Saturday", the Israelite or Jewish Sabbath) as holy in conformity with the fourth commandment of the Decalogue, such as an Orthodox Jew …
- SabbathizeTo observe the Sabbath.
- SabbathlessHaving no Sabbath.
- SabbathlikeResembling or characteristic of the Sabbath.
- SabbathlyEvery Sabbath.
- SabbathismThe tendency to treat the Sabbath as a solemn religious occasion rather than merely as a day off.