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noun

Sabbatarian n.

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.

A strict observer of the Sabbath.

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Etymology of 'Sabbatarian'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Sabbatarian" Quotes from Famous Books

... imposition from without of some formal compliances with the externals of religion while I know that the meaning and spirit of them cannot as yet be understood. Can there be conceived anything more formal, more mischievous, than inculcating a rigid Sabbatarian view of the Lord's Day upon a people who don't know anything about the Cross and the Resurrection? Time enough to talk about the observance when the people have some knowledge of the vital living truth ...

— Life of John Coleridge Patteson • Charlotte M. Yonge

... of the bishop's wife must be mentioned. Though not averse to the society and manners of the world, she is in her own way a religious woman; and the form in which this tendency shows itself in her is by a strict observance of Sabbatarian rule. Dissipation and low dresses during the week are, under her control, atoned for by three services, an evening sermon read by herself, and a perfect abstinence from any cheering employment on the Sunday. Unfortunately for those under her roof to whom the dissipation ...

— Barchester Towers • Anthony Trollope

Words linked to "Sabbatarian" : religious person, Judaism, Sabbath