sabbatical(n = noun.time) sabbatical leave - a leave usually taken every seventh year;
is a kind of leave, leave of absence
has particulars: sabbatical year
1. sabbatical(a = adj.pert) sabbatic - of or relating to the Sabbath; "Friday is a sabbatical day for Muslims"
Derived form noun sabbath1
2. sabbatical(a = adj.pert) - of or relating to sabbatical leave; "sabbatical research project"
Of or pertaining to the Sabbath; resembling the Sabbath; enjoying or bringing an intermission of labor. [1913 Webster]
sabbatical, adj. & n.
--adj.
1 of or appropriate to the sabbath.
2 (of leave) granted at intervals to a university teacher for study or travel, orig. every seventh year.
--n. a period of sabbatical leave.
Idiom:
sabbatical year
1 Bibl. every seventh year, prescribed by the Mosaic law to be observed as a 'sabbath', during which the land was allowed to rest.
2 a year's sabbatical leave.
Derivative:
sabbatically adv.
Etymology:
LL sabbaticus f. Gk sabbatikos of the sabbath