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sabbatical Definition


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sabbatical
adj
    1. Relating to or being a period of leave usually given to lecturers or teachers in higher education, especially to study or to undertake a separate and related project.
    2. Relating to, resembling or typical of the Sabbath.
      Form: Sabbatical
noun
    1. A period of sabbatical leave.
Etymology: 17c: from Greek sabbatikos, from sabbaton, from Hebrew shabbath rest.



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