they observe the sabbath

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• SABBATH — (Heb. שַׁבָּת; Shabbat; related to the verb shavat, cease, desist, rest ), the seventh day of the week, the day of rest and abstention from work. In the Bible The etiology of the Sabbath is given in Genesis 1:1–2:3, although the name of the day… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

• Sabbath in Seventh-day Adventism — The Sabbath is an important part of the belief and practice of Seventh day Adventists, and is perhaps the defining characteristic of the denomination. It was introduced to the Adventist pioneers in the mid 19th century by Rachel Oakes Preston, a… …   Wikipedia

• Sabbath in Christianity — For other uses, see Biblical Sabbath, seventh day Sabbath, Jewish Sabbath, High Sabbath, and Sabbath year. A Ten Commandments monument which includes the command to Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy …   Wikipedia

• Sabbath — Sabbathless, adj. Sabbathlike, adj. /sab euhth/, n. 1. the seventh day of the week, Saturday, as the day of rest and religious observance among Jews and some Christians. Ex. 20:8 11. 2. the first day of the week, Sunday, similarly observed by… …   Universalium

• The Church —     The Church     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The Church     The term church (Anglo Saxon, cirice, circe; Modern German, Kirche; Sw., Kyrka) is the name employed in the Teutonic languages to render the Greek ekklesia (ecclesia), the term by which… …   Catholic encyclopedia

• The Church of God (Jerusalem Acres) — The Church of God is a holiness Pentecostal body that descends from the Christian Union movement of Richard Spurling, A. J. Tomlinson and others. They consider themselves officially The Church of God , but also designate themselves as The Church… …   Wikipedia

• The Blessed Virgin Mary —     The Blessed Virgin Mary     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The Blessed Virgin Mary     The Blessed Virgin Mary is the mother of Jesus Christ, the mother of God.     In general, the theology and history of Mary the Mother of God follow the… …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Sabbath — Contents 1 Jewish tradition 1.1 Weekly Sabbath 1.2 Weekend Sabbath …   Wikipedia

• The Disasters of War — Plate 3: Lo mismo (The same). A man about to cut off the head of a soldier with an axe.[1] …   Wikipedia

• Sabbath mode — n. A feature that enables an oven to stay on for extended periods such as the Jewish Sabbath to keep pre cooked foods hot. Example Citation: With the Sabbath Mode override, ovens will not shut off automatically, making it possible to keep cooked… …   New words

• The Man Who Was Thursday — Infobox Book name = The Man Who Was Thursday: a Nightmare title orig = translator = image caption = author = G. K. Chesterton illustrator = cover artist = country = United Kingdom language = English series = genre = Thriller novel publisher = J.W …   Wikipedia