Definition of sabbath

• n. - A season or day of rest; one day in seven appointed for rest or worship, the observance of which was enjoined upon the Jews in the Decalogue, and has been continued by the Christian church with a transference of the day observed from the last to the first day of the week, which is called also Lord's Day.
• n. - The seventh year, observed among the Israelites as one of rest and festival.
• n. - Fig.: A time of rest or repose; intermission of pain, effort, sorrow, or the like.