Sabbatize

Sabbatize
—Sabbatization, n.
/sab"euh tuyz'/, v., Sabbatized, Sabbatizing. (often l.c.)
v.i.
1. to keep the Sabbath.
v.t.
2. to keep as the Sabbath.
Also, esp. Brit., Sabbatise.
[1350-1400; ME sabbatisen < LL sabbatizare < Gk sabbatízein, equiv. to sábbat(on) SABBATH + -izein -IZE]

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