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sabbatarianism

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Sab·ba·tar·i·an  (sb-târ-n)
n.
1. One who observes Saturday as the Sabbath, as in Judaism.
2. One who believes in strict observance of the Sabbath.
adj.
Relating to the Sabbath or to Sabbatarians.
[From Late Latin sabbatrius, from Latin sabbatum, Sabbath; see Sabbath.]
Sabba·tari·an·ism n.
sabbatarianism
1. the practice in Judaism and some Christian groups of keeping the seventh day holy.
2. the practice of keeping Sunday holy and free of work and pleasureful activity. — sabbatarian, n., adj.
See also: Christianity
the beliefs and principles underlying a strict observance of the Sabbath. — Sabbatarian, n., adj.
See also: Judaism
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Though middle-class interest in sabbatarianism was waning by the 1880s, The Sunday at Home continued to be published since RTS members wished to preserve Sunday as a day of rest and family time in which the father could be an active participant.
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Slowly a serious schism took place with Conservatives believing implicitly in infallibility and Sabbatarianism and the new thinking group, which took hold of this new concept and gradually infiltrated the majority of the professional chairs in the main colleges--Edinburgh, Glasgow and Aberdeen.
The disruption, continued by Forsyth, Eric / Presbyterian Record
In particular, the Reformation brought with it not only a change in liturgy (Latin services were replaced with the Book of Common Prayer) but the creation of sabbatarianism with, as Baldwin explains, its distrust of music and advocacy of abstinence of all secular activities on Sunday, including music-making.
Paying the Piper: Music in Pre-1642 Cheshire by Pollack, Janet / Renaissance Quarterly
 
 
 
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