to keep (to break) the Sabbath

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• break the Sabbath — keep/break/the Sabbath phrase to follow or not follow the rules about the Sabbath Thesaurus: religious ceremonies and practiceshyponym Main entry: Sabbath …   Useful english dictionary

• keep the Sabbath — keep/break/the Sabbath phrase to follow or not follow the rules about the Sabbath Thesaurus: religious ceremonies and practiceshyponym Main entry: Sabbath …   Useful english dictionary

• (the) Sabbath — the Sabbath UK [ˈsæbəθ] US noun a day for people of some religions to rest and pray The Jewish Sabbath is Saturday and the Christian Sabbath is Sunday . Thesaurus: judaismhyponym important days in the christian calendarhyponym miscellaneous… …   Useful english dictionary

• the Sabbath — UK [ˈsæbəθ] / US noun a day for people of some religions to rest and pray. The Jewish Sabbath is Saturday and the Christian Sabbath is Sunday. • keep/break the Sabbath to follow or not follow the rules about the Sabbath …   English dictionary

• Sabbath breaking — is defined as not observing the holy Sabbath day , and is usually considered a sin within traditional Christianity and classical Judaism. Note: All Bible quotes are from the King James Bible. Forms of Sabbath breakingAccording to Christianity… …   Wikipedia

• break — vb Break, crack, burst, bust, snap, shatter, shiver are comparable as general terms meaning fundamentally to come apart or cause to come apart. Break basically implies the operation of a stress or strain that will cause a rupture, a fracture, a… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

• sabbath — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ Jewish, Muslim, etc. VERB + SABBATH ▪ keep, observe ▪ break, violate …   Collocations dictionary

• Sabbath, the — Sab|bath, the [ sæbəθ ] noun a day for people of some religions to rest and pray. The Jewish Sabbath is Saturday and the Christian Sabbath is Sunday. keep/break the Sabbath to follow or not follow the rules about the Sabbath …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• Sabbath — Sab|bath [ˈsæbəθ] n [Date: 900 1000; : Latin; Origin: sabbatum, from Greek, from Hebrew shabbath rest ] 1.) the Sabbath a) Sunday, considered as a day of rest and prayer by most Christian churches b) Saturday, considered as a day of rest and… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• Sabbath — noun 1 the Sabbath a) Sunday, considered as a day of rest and prayer by most Christian churches b) Saturday, considered as a day of rest and prayer in the Jewish religion 2 keep/break the Sabbath to obey or not obey the religious rules of this… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• keep — vb 1 Keep, observe, celebrate, solemnize, commemorate are comparable when they mean to pay proper attention or honor to something prescribed, obligatory, or demanded (as by one s nationality, religion, or rank), but they vary widely in their… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms