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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)

Sabbatarian
    adj 1: pertaining to the Sabbath and its observance
    n 1: one who observes Saturday as the Sabbath (as in Judaism)

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Sabbatarian \Sab`ba*ta"ri*an\, n. [L. Sabbatarius: cf. F.
   sabbataire. See Sabbath.]
   1. One who regards and keeps the seventh day of the week as
      holy, agreeably to the letter of the fourth commandment in
      the Decalogue.
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   Note: There were Christians in the early church who held this
         opinion, and certain Christians, esp. the Seventh-day
         Baptists, hold it now.
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   2. A strict observer of the Sabbath.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Sabbatarian \Sab`ba*ta"ri*an\, a.
   Of or pertaining to the Sabbath, or the tenets of
   Sabbatarians.
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Thesaurus Results for Sabbatarian:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

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