(a) The seventh day of the week, observed by the Jews as a day of religious rest, in accordance with the commandment of God transmitted to them by Moses; the Sabbath, Saturday; (b) dai of (the) ~, the Sabbath day; journei of a ~, a Sabbath day's journey, the distance Jews were allowed to travel on the Sabbath day; holden (halwen, kepen, observen) ~, halwen the dai of the ~, to keep the Sabbath; breken ~, fail to observe the Sabbath; brekinge of the ~; (c) in cpd.: ~ dai, the Sabbath day; halwen (kepen, saven) ~ dai; (d) the first day of the week, observed by Christians as a day of religious rest, in commemoration of the resurrection of Christ; Sunday, the Lord's Day; (e) any other day, or a seventh month or year, in which religious rest is enjoined; ~ of months, the seventh month of the Jewish calendar, in which several major festivals occur; ~ of yeres, the seventh year, during which the land was to be left uncultivated (see Ex.23.10, 11 and Lev.25.2-7), sabbatical year; ~ of sabates, the jubilee year, the fiftieth year after the succession of seven sabbatical years (see Lev.25. 8-16 and 23-55); (f) a time or period of rest; gostli (spiritual) ~, spiritual rest; (g) the Hebrew word shābbath, understood to mean 'rest'.