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sabbatarian
Part of speech: AdjectivePertaining to the Sabbath, or to the keeping of the Sabbath.
Part of speech: NounA rigid observer of the Sabbath.
Usage examples "sabbatarian":- It was issued to appease the clamor of the clergy who demanded it, and was drafted, not by Lincoln, but by some pious Sabbatarian. - "Abraham Lincoln: Was He A Christian?", John B. Remsburg.
- Sunday laws, Sabbatarian legislation, have, of course, very largely been abandoned, except when restored in the interest, or supposed interest, of labor. - "Popular Law-making", Frederic Jesup Stimson.
- She wished me to attend an extraordinary meeting of the " Ulster Defence Committee" which, in defiance of our strong sabbatarian feeling, was to be held on Sunday afternoon. - "The Red Hand of Ulster", George A. Birmingham.