Sabbath /(?)/

Sab·bath

Sabbath

n.
  1. A season or day of rest; one day in seven appointed for rest or worship, the observance of which was enjoined upon the Jews in the Decalogue, and has been continued by the Christian church with a transference of the day observed from the last to the first day of the week, which is called also Lord's Day.
    Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy.
    — Ex. xx. 8.
  2. The seventh year, observed among the Israelites as one of rest and festival.
  3. Fig.: A time of rest or repose; intermission of pain, effort, sorrow, or the like.
    Peaceful sleep out the sabbath of the tomb.

Phrases & Compounds
Sabbath breaker
one who violates the law of the Sabbath.
Sabbath breaking
the violation of the law of the Sabbath.
Sabbath-day's journey
a distance of about a mile, which, under Rabbinical law, the Jews were allowed to travel on the Sabbath.