SABBATARIAN
Sab`ba*ta"ri*an, n. Etym: [L. Sabbatarius: cf. F. sabbataire. See
Sabbath.]
1. One who regards and keeps the seventh day of the week as holy, aggreeably 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.
2. A strict observer of the Sabbath.
SABBATARIAN
Sab`ba*ta"ri*an, a.
Defn: Of or pertaining to the Sabbath, or the tenets of Sabbatarians.
SABBATARIANISM
Sab`ba*ta"ri*an*ism, n.
Defn: The tenets of Sabbatarians. Bp. Ward. (1673).
SABBATH Sab"bath, n. Etym: [OE. sabat, sabbat, F. sabbat, L. sabbatum, Gr. shabbath, fr. shabath to rest from labor. Cf. Sabbat.]
1. A season or day of rest; one day in seven appointed for rest or worship, the observance of which was enjoined upon the Jews in the Decalogue, and has been continued by the Christian church with a transference of the day observed from the last to the first day of the week, which is called also Lord's Day. Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy. Ex. xx. 8.