sabbath

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  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.

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  1. a day of rest and worship: Sunday for most Christians; Saturday for the Jews and a few Christians; Friday for Muslims

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  • Exodus 35: 2 Anyone working on the sabbath should be put to death. —  reddit.com: what's new online!
  • In the end of the sabbath, as it began to dawn toward the first day of the week, came Mary Magdalene and the other Mary to see the sepulchre. —  Peach Pundit
  • And when the sabbath was past, Mary Magdalen, and Mary the mother of James, and Salome, bought sweet spices, that coming, they might anoint Jesus. —  The World According to Oatney
  • Slide 16: [13] The no. of times Allah mentions that He created the heavens and earth in 6 days (period) is 7 [14] The word sabbath is mentioned 7 times ( "Sabbath" - abstinences for the Jewish people, is on the seventh day of the week) [15] Prophet Hud (a.s.) is mentioned 7 times. —  Recently Uploaded Slideshows
  • In 1590 he was said to have dressed as the devil during a witches 'sabbath, and cast a spell, summoning up a storm - just as Prospero did - in an attempt to wreck the king's ship. —  The Poor Mouth
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