keep/break the Sabbath• By healing the man is he keeping the SabbathHoly or profaning it?• The people of Lewis keep the Sabbath and their honour.• So the idea of keeping the Sabbath day holy was born.• One of the 10 commandments is to keep the Sabbath Holy.
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Sabbath• Oh, what a scene for the brightsun of a holySabbath morning to shine upon!• Indeed the whole issue of Sabbathobservance could be set for a return to fashion.• She had walked out with him several times after the Sabbathafternoonmeal, and apparently he could not forget her.• Exodus also prescribesdeath for those who defile the Sabbath or perform any work on that day.• The people of Lewis keep the Sabbath and their honour.• This avoided the sin of cooking on the Sabbath.• The law stated, for example, that no work could be done on the Sabbath.
OriginSabbath
(900-1000)Latinsabbatum, from Greek, from Hebrewshabbath“rest”
ADJECTIVE | VERB + SABBATH | SABBATH + NOUN | PREPOSITION | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤Jewish, Muslim, etc.猶太教、伊斯蘭教等安息日VERB + SABBATH➤keep, observe守安息日▸➤break, violate不守安息日SABBATH + NOUN➤day, holiday安息日▸➤rest安息日休息➤dinner安息日晚餐➤candles安息日蠟燭➤prayer安息日祈禱▸➤observance守安息日PREPOSITION➤on the sabbath在安息日◇It was considered a sin to work or play on the Sabbath.在安息日工作或玩耍都被視為罪過。PHRASES➤observance of the Sabbath守安息日◇The speaker advocated a less austere observance of the Sabbath.演講者主張放寬嚴守安息日的規矩。
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