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Sabbatical Year

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Noun

1. sabbatical year

a sabbatical leave lasting one year

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Sabbatical Year

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noun
(often capitals) Bible
a year during which the land was to be left uncultivated, debts annulled, etc, supposed to be observed every seventh year by the ancient Israelites according to Leviticus 25

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Sabbatical Year

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1. 
among the ancient Jews, every seventh year, in which, according to Mosaic law, the land and vineyards were to remain fallow and debtors were to be released
2.  US
sabbatical leave

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Sabbatical Year

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n.
1. A leave of absence from one's regular work responsibilities, usually with pay, for research, rest, or recreation. Many university professors are granted a sabbatical every seventh year.
2. often Sabbatical year A year during which land remains fallow, observed every seven years by Jewish farmers in Israel.

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