Sabbatical

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Relating to a sabbatical year.
  • adj. Relating or appropriate to the Sabbath as the day of rest.
  • n. A sabbatical year.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Relating to the Sabbath.
  • adj. Relating to a sabbatical.
  • n. An extended period of leave, often one year long, taken by an employee in order to carry out projects not otherwise associated with the employee's job. During the sabbatical, the employer may pay some or all of the wages that would have been otherwise earned or some or all of the expenses incurred. University lecturers, for example, may be granted a one-year paid sabbatical once every seven years.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Sabbatic; characterized by rest or cessation from labor or tillage: as, the sabbatical years (see below).
  • Recurring in sevens, or on every seventh (day, month, year, etc.).
  • n. A contraction of Sabbatical year.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. of or relating to the Sabbath
  • adj. of or relating to sabbatical leave
  • n. a leave usually taken every seventh year
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