Sabbatarian

American  

[sab-uh-tair-ee-uhn] / ˌsæb əˈtɛər i ən /

noun

1. a person who observes the seventh day of the week, Saturday, as the Sabbath.

2. a person who adheres to or favors a strict observance of Sunday.

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adjective

1. of or relating to the Sabbath and its observance.

Sabbatarian British  

/ ˌsæbəˈtɛərɪən /

noun

1. a person advocating the strict religious observance of Sunday

2. a person who observes Saturday as the Sabbath

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adjective

1. of or relating to the Sabbath or its observance

Other Word Forms

• Sabbatarianism noun

Etymology

Origin of Sabbatarian

1605–15; < Late Latin sabbatāri ( us ) ( sabbat ( um ) Sabbath + -ārius -ary ) + -an

Example Sentences

The Sabbatarian tradition is upheld, in a serious way, by some small groups of religious Protestants and, of course, by observant Jews.

From New York Times • Apr. 26, 2013

Said Lions' President Jack Kavanagh: To Britons who live in the somnolent shadow of Sabbatarian BBC, prewar Radio Luxembourg was a sprightly, sunny beam.

From Time Magazine Archive

"I propose that we send a resolution to Their Royal Highness," shrilled Sabbatarian Fraser, "a resolution urging that such an insult to Scotland shall not take place again!"

From Time Magazine Archive

In peacetime, Sunday shows would be howled down by Sabbatarian diehards, but England is least conservative when at war: During World War I she pushed through woman suffrage and daylight saving.

From Time Magazine Archive

Though indeed we might look nearer home than the Talmud for similar absurdities; most Puritan communities could furnish strange freaks of Sabbatarian casuistry.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 4 "Carnegie Andrew" to "Casus Belli" by Various