sabbatical
    adj 1: of or relating to the Sabbath; "Friday is a sabbatical
           day for Muslims" [syn: sabbatical, sabbatic]
    2: of or relating to sabbatical leave; "sabbatical research
       project"
    n 1: a leave usually taken every seventh year [syn:
         sabbatical, sabbatical leave]

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.
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   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.
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