Definition of sabbatical

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sab·bat·i·cal    (s-bt-kl) KEY  also sab·bat·ic  (-k) KEY 

ADJECTIVE:

1. Relating to a sabbatical year.
2. Sabbatical also Sabbatic Relating or appropriate to the Sabbath as the day of rest.

NOUN:

A sabbatical year.

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ETYMOLOGY:
From Late Latin sabbaticus, from Greek sabbatikos, from sabbaton, Sabbath ; see Sabbath