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Webster 1913 Edition

Sabbatarian

Sabˊba-ta′ri-an

,
Noun.
[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.
☞ 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.

Sabˊba-ta′ri-an

,
Adj.
Of or pertaining to the Sabbath, or the tenets of Sabbatarians.

Webster 1828 Edition

Sabbatarian

SABBATARIAN

,
Noun.
[from sabbath.] One who observes the seventh day of the week as the sabbath, instead of the first. A sect of baptists are called sabbatarians. They maintain that the Jewish sabbath has not been abrogated.

SABBATARIAN

,
Adj.
Pertaining to those who keep Saturday, or the seventh day of the week, as the sabbath.

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