Meanings
adjectiveSabbatian (comparative more Sabbatian, superlative most Sabbatian)
comparative more Sabbatian · superlative most Sabbatian · alternative Sabbatean
- Pertaining to the mystical ideas of Sabbatai Zevi and his followers.
Like the late Dr Falk (d. 1782), Grabianka was a native of Podolia, where Sabbatian influences were strong among local Jews, and he imbibed many of their notions.
2006, Marsha Keith Schuchard, Why Mrs Blake Cried, Pimlico, published 2007, page 219
nounSabbatian (plural Sabbatians)
plural Sabbatians · alternative Sabbatean
- A follower of this movement.
Origin
From Sabbatius, modern Latin form of Sabbatai Zevi.
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