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

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

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

The poet reads some of his finest works�Prufrock, Gerontion, The Hollow Men, Journey of the Magi�in the precise, Sabbatarian drone of an old and seldom dusted curate.

From Time Magazine Archive

Generally a Nonconformist and a Sabbatarian he—perhaps more particularly she—thinks the fewer inns the better.

From Nooks and Corners of Cornwall by Scott, C. A. Dawson