Meaning of Sabbathism | Babel Free

Definitions

The tendency to treat the Sabbath as a solemn religious occasion rather than merely as a day off.

dated, uncountable

Examples

“[…] they do not want the lowest forms of excitement, or of literature; they want something which shall occupy the middle ground between the debauchery of low holidayism and the religious observance which comes with Sabbathism.”

“As to Sunday legislation we have seen that its origin was absolutely pagan, and that it has been destructive of true Sabbathism at all times.”

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