sabbatical

Relating to a sabbatical year.

Relating or appropriate to the Sabbath as the day of rest.

A sabbatical year.

A contraction of Sabbatical year.

Sabbatic; characterized by rest or cessation from labor or tillage: as, the sabbatical years (see below).

Recurring in sevens, or on every seventh (day, month, year, etc.).

Relating to the Sabbath.

Relating to a sabbatical.

An extended period of leave, often one year long, taken by an employee in order to carry out projects not otherwise associated with the employee’s job. During the sabbatical, the employer may pay some or all of the wages that would have been otherwise earned or some or all of the expenses incurred. University lecturers, for example, may be granted a one-year paid sabbatical once every seven years.

of or relating to the Sabbath