Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun The Sabbath.

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  • proper noun Judaism Shabbat (the Sabbath).

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Yiddish shabes, from Hebrew šabbāt; see Sabbath.]

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From Yiddish שבת (shabes), from Hebrew שַׁבָּת (shabát).

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Examples

  • Friday; bowling party at 8 p.m. Saturday, aka Shabbos - is a festive affair inspired by the 1998 film "The Big Lebowski."

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  • Most of us know right from wrong and I "know" for instance riding a lift on Shabbos which is preprogrammed is wrong - and deciding which of tea or coffee is allowed to brew to be Kosher -- did Moses really tell us this?

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  • (Soundbite of laughter) Dr. HODES: Well, Jewish people and non-Jewish people converge on my house on Friday nights and we have big Shabbos dinners, Sabbath dinners.

    Humpbacked Children Have A Hero In Ethiopia 2010

  • (Soundbite of laughter) Dr. HODES: Well, Jewish people and non-Jewish people converge on my house on Friday nights and we have big Shabbos dinners, Sabbath dinners.

    Humpbacked Children Have A Hero In Ethiopia 2010

  • (Soundbite of laughter) Dr. HODES: Well, Jewish people and non-Jewish people converge on my house on Friday nights and we have big Shabbos dinners, Sabbath dinners.

    Humpbacked Children Have A Hero In Ethiopia 2010

  • (Soundbite of laughter) Dr. HODES: Well, Jewish people and non-Jewish people converge on my house on Friday nights and we have big Shabbos dinners, Sabbath dinners.

    Humpbacked Children Have A Hero In Ethiopia 2010

  • (Soundbite of laughter) Dr. HODES: Well, Jewish people and non-Jewish people converge on my house on Friday nights and we have big Shabbos dinners, Sabbath dinners.

    Humpbacked Children Have A Hero In Ethiopia 2010

  • (Soundbite of laughter) Dr. HODES: Well, Jewish people and non-Jewish people converge on my house on Friday nights and we have big Shabbos dinners, Sabbath dinners.

    Humpbacked Children Have A Hero In Ethiopia 2010

  • (Soundbite of laughter) Dr. HODES: Well, Jewish people and non-Jewish people converge on my house on Friday nights and we have big Shabbos dinners, Sabbath dinners.

    Humpbacked Children Have A Hero In Ethiopia 2010

  • (Soundbite of laughter) Dr. HODES: Well, Jewish people and non-Jewish people converge on my house on Friday nights and we have big Shabbos dinners, Sabbath dinners.

    Humpbacked Children Have A Hero In Ethiopia 2010

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