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Sabbath

(Encyclopedia) Sabbath [Heb.,=repose], in Judaism, last day of the week (Saturday), observed as a rest day for the twenty-five hours commencing with sundown on Friday. In the biblical account of…

Saturday

(Encyclopedia) Saturday: see week; Sabbath.

Friday

(Encyclopedia) Friday: see Sabbath; week.

Sunday

(Encyclopedia) Sunday: see Sabbath; week.

Brewer's: Sabbath

Day's Journey (Exodus xvi. 29; Acts i. 12), with the Jews was not to exceed the distance between the ark and the extreme end of the camp. This was 2,000 cubits, somewhat short of an…

Sabbatarians

(Encyclopedia) Sabbatarians, persons who insist upon strict observance of Sunday as the Sabbath. Societies promoting Sabbatarian objectives include the Lord's Day Alliance of the United States and…

Broadway Theaters

Thirty-six theaters grace the Great White Way, the Broadway theater district, which lies bordered by 41st to 53rd streets and Sixth to Ninth avenues.New York Convention & Visitors…

liturgy, Jewish

(Encyclopedia) liturgy, Jewish, rites, observances, and procedures of Judaism. Communal prayer, with a quorum of ten men (or in some modern communities, ten people), replaced the priests of the…

Brewer's: Witches' Sabbath

The muster at night time of witches and demons to concoct mischief. The witch first anointed her feet and shoulders with the fat of a murdered babe,…

Brewer's: Sabbath of Sound

(The). Silence. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894SabbathiansSabbath A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Related…