Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: sabbath
IPA transcription: [s'æbəθ]
noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: Sabbath
    Meaning: a day of rest and worship: Sunday for most Christians; Saturday for the Jews and a few Christians; Friday for Muslims
Usage examples
  • The Sabbath, pale with September sunshine, and monotonous with chiming bells, had passed languidly away.
  • The following Sabbath clergymen all over the country preached about this wonderful life: its struggles succeeded by world-wide honor.
  • The stoves were provided, and an uncommonly full attendance the next Sabbath showed the very general interest the matter had excited.
  • In this way Paul also would not have Titus circumcised, though these men urged it; and Christ defended the Apostles, who had plucked ears of corn on the Sabbath day; and many like instances.
  • William's family had no real faith in the Sunday-school as a corrective to William's inherent wickedness, but they knew that no Sabbath peace or calm was humanly possible while William was in the house.
  • Every Sabbath, and often during the week, her feet carried her to the cemetery, where she sat in the deep grass and looked at those three long mounds and tried to understand life; deeper still, to fathom death.
  • Fortunately for William, most of his friends' parents were inspired by the same zeal, so that he met his old cronies of the week-days--Henry, Ginger, Douglas and all the rest--and together they beguiled the monotony of the Sabbath.
  • Monday's child is fair of face, Tuesday's child is full of grace; Wednesday's child is merry and glad, Thursday's child is sorry and sad; Friday's child is loving and giving; Saturday's child must work for its living; While the child that is born on the Sabbath day Is blithe and bonny and good and gay.