Sabbath的意思|Sabbath的解释-里氏词典

Sabbath ['sæbәθ]

n. 安息日

sabbath

[ noun ]
a day of rest and worship: Sunday for most Christians; Saturday for the Jews and a few Christians; Friday for Muslims
<noun.time>

Sabbath \Sab"bath\, n. [OE. sabat, sabbat, F. sabbat, L.
sabbatum, Gr. sa`bbaton, fr. Heb. shabb[=a]th, fr. sh[=a]bath
to rest from labor. Cf. {Sabbat}.]
1. 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}.

Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy. --Ex. xx.
8.

2. The seventh year, observed among the Israelites as one of
rest and festival. --Lev. xxv. 4.

3. Fig.: A time of rest or repose; intermission of pain,
effort, sorrow, or the like.

Peaceful sleep out the sabbath of the tomb. --Pope.

{Sabbath breaker}, one who violates the law of the Sabbath.

{Sabbath breaking}, the violation of the law of the Sabbath.

{Sabbath-day's journey}, a distance of about a mile, which,
under Rabbinical law, the Jews were allowed to travel on
the Sabbath.

Syn: {Sabbath}, {Sunday}.

Usage: Sabbath is not strictly synonymous with Sunday.
Sabbath denotes the institution; Sunday is the name of
the first day of the week. The Sabbath of the Jews is
on Saturday, and the Sabbath of most Christians on
Sunday. In New England, the first day of the week has
been called ``the Sabbath,'' to mark it as holy time;
Sunday is the word more commonly used, at present, in
all parts of the United States, as it is in England.
``So if we will be the children of our heavenly
Father, we must be careful to keep the Christian
Sabbath day, which is the Sunday.'' --Homilies.

The religious parties also want to see abortions outlawed and commercial activity banned on the Jewish Sabbath.
"We all loved heavy rock bands from the 1970s: Black Sabbath, AC-DC.
In other action, the court expanded its study of drug testing in the work place and agreed to consider the authority of states to deny unemployment benefits to people who refuse to work on their Sabbath.
A federal appeals court ruled Tuesday that Jewish inmates at the State Prison of Southern Michigan should be allowed to travel between complexes at the prison site so they can attend weekly Sabbath services.
Said Eytan: "We need this like we need stones in the (occupied) territories." People who observe the Sabbath on Saturdays have the right to cast absentee ballots in elections held on Saturdays, a federal judge ruled.
On Fridays, the Moslem Sabbath, international calls are restricted to 10 minutes because there are not enough people to tap all the calls.
He then flew to New York, planning to go on to Jerusalem on Saturday at the end of the Jewish Sabbath.
In the Ultra-Orthodox neighborhood of Mea Shearim, slogans scrawled on walls denounce police and Mayor Teddy Kollek for refusing to close entertainment spots on the Sabbath.
The city turns into a virtual ghost town on the Sabbath, forcing many residents to drive 40 miles to Tel Aviv for weekend entertainment.
There's a whiff of fire and brimstone in the Outer Hebrides these days as the islanders of Lewis and Harris prepare to defend their Sabbath against a ferry invasion from the Scottish mainland.
Labor members have been resistant to Orthodox demands for Sabbath observance and legislation outlawing non-Orthodox conversions.
The U.S. campaign was put on hold, at least so far as Jerusalem is concerned, for the Sabbath and the celebration of the Jewish holiday of Sukkot, which began Friday evening.
The crime, on the Sabbath before Yom Kippur, shocked Brooklyn's huge Jewish community.
Scripture scrolls were burned, synagogues razed, Sabbath services forbidden.
Jewish obervance of the Sabbath was forbidden.
Friday is normally the Moslem Sabbath but July 14 also was the occasion for feast and celebration of the hajj, the Moslem faithfuls' pilgrimage to the holy city of Mecca.
Yohai Ross, who works at the beach restaurant, said in a telephone interview that police closed the beach, crowded with Sabbath visitors, after the incident and searched the area.
As the Sabbath begins at dusk on Friday, small oil lamps, "the Lord's lamps" flicker in Jewish homes instead of the more traditional white candles.
Executions usually take place in public squares outside mosques after the noon congregational prayers on Friday, the Islamic Sabbath.
About 50 South American Indians who converted to Judaism celebrated their first Sabbath in this West Bank settlement Friday after immigrating from Peru.
Israel's Supreme Court on Monday cleared the way for construction of a soccer stadium in Jerusalem, a move opposed by ultra-Orthodox Jews who fear weekend games will desecrate the Sabbath.
The religious also argued that building the stadium would encourage Jews to break the Sabbath by driving to see games.
In Nablus, Palestinians leaving the central Mazuz Masri Mosque after Sabbath prayers stoned a settler's car, said the Arab witness who spoke on condition of anonymity.
But the West Bank and Gaza Strip remained mostly quiet on the Sabbath, the second during the Moslem holy month of Ramadan.
Nearly all the reporting congregations kindle the Sabbath candles before Friday evening services.
Friday is the Moslem Sabbath.
Earlier today, sources disclosed that Kohl's visit to the Auschwitz concentration camp had been changed because the head of West Germany's Jewish community, Heinz Galinski, said he could not join the event on the Sabbath.

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