Sabbathism

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noun

The tendency to treat the Sabbath as a solemn religious occasion rather than merely as a day off.

Opposite
holidayism
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Meanings

nounSabbathism (uncountable)
  1. dateduncountableChristianityThe tendency to treat the Sabbath as a solemn religious occasion rather than merely as a day off.

    As to Sunday legislation we have seen that its origin was absolutely pagan, and that it has been destructive of true Sabbathism at all times.

    1892, Abram Herbert Lewis, Paganism Surviving in Christianity
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    […] they do not want the lowest forms of excitement, or of literature; they want something which shall occupy the middle ground between the debauchery of low holidayism and the religious observance which comes with Sabbathism.

    1884, The Outlook and Sabbath Quarterly, volumes 3-6, page 325

    Antonyms: holidayism

Synonyms & antonyms

nounThe tendency to treat the Sabbath as a solemn religious occasion rather than merely as a day off.

Opposite
holidayism

Origin

From Sabbath + -ism.

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