(n.) A season or day of rest; one day in seven appointed for rest or worship, the observance of which was enjoined upon the Jews in the Decalogue, and has been continued by the Christian church with a transference of the day observed from the last to the first day of the week, which is called also Lord's Day.
(n.) The seventh year, observed among the Israelites as one of rest and festival.
(n.) Fig.: A time of rest or repose; intermission of pain, effort, sorrow, or the like.
Example Sentences:
(1) Tour begins 22 November, NIA, Birmingham, thenia.co.uk Black Sabbath Still without original drummer Bill Ward, but with their first US No 1 album (the Rick Rubin-produced 13), the undisputed godfathers of metal play a handful of UK shows.
(2) Bill Ward has threatened to pull out of the Black Sabbath reunion.
(3) Iommi, who was recently diagnosed with early-stage lymphoma, is making "excellent progress", according to the Black Sabbath website, "and is looking forward to getting back out on the road".
(4) On Sunday, gun control advocates plan to hold a "National Gun Prevention Sabbath", where they say 150 houses of worship will advocate a plan to prevent gun violence, and people who have lost friends and relatives to gun violence will display their photographs.
(5) Far-right activists had organised their protest for the Jewish sabbath in an area with a 40% Jewish population.
(6) The band, who were informed by British post-punks such as Wire and the Pop Group rather than hardcore heroes such as Black Sabbath and the Stooges, were initially unpopular.
(7) On the Sabbath the fleet of earthmovers that ordinarily grind the route to Lombrum – ferrying gravel to the detention centre building site where a crew of 300 labor to finish new staff accommodation – are resting in their compound.
(8) But the evidence from Bishop Michael Nazir-Ali was that "some Christians will not work on the Sabbath (except for mercies), others may work only in an emergency".
(9) Black Sabbath couldn't not laugh their way through the intro to Ringo.
(10) "Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy": this commandment is regarded as so important that (as our children will learn when they flock into the school library to read the Gove presentation copy) a man caught gathering sticks on the sabbath was summarily stoned to death by the whole community, on direct orders from God.
(11) It’s happening to Christians now right across the Middle East and Africa, and the dangers of not speaking up have been made clear since the Paris attacks, when innocent people were gunned down mercilessly while shopping for food for the Shabbat [Jewish Sabbath].
(12) During childbirth the health of the mother is primary and supercedes all other rules or laws, including those of Sabbath observance.
(13) Meanwhile, this year's nominees for best rock album include Black Sabbath, David Bowie, Led Zeppelin and Neil Young.
(14) Click here to listen Destruction Unit - named one of the Best Live Bands in Rolling Stone - have released two albums this year: Void, which came out in February, and now there's Deep Trip, which as we say joins the dots between metal and psychedelia, like Black Sabbath riding a White Bicycle .
(15) Cohn had predicted the sea change; he had fallen out of love with pop just as the Beatles-led consensus years came to end: pop was split, hard left and right, between Radio 1 factory‑farmed pop (“Sugar, Sugar”) and self-conscious, album-based heavy rock ( Led Zeppelin , Jethro Tull , Black Sabbath ).
(16) The train skirts the main Jewish ultra-orthodox enclaves of the city, where stones are thrown at cars breaking the sabbath prohibition and women are instructed to wear modest dress (“closed blouse, with long sleeves, long skirt – no trousers, no tight-fitting clothes,” according to the text of wall posters), and up to French Hill, the site of the first post-1967 Jewish settlement across the green line and later, of numerous bus bombings carried out by Palestinian militants.
(17) Avraham was not the protector she had imagined those Sabbath nights back in the East End, when he had bewitched her with his talk.
(18) The appeal tribunal took that as proof that "many Christians will work on the Sabbath".
(19) I'm not holding out for a 'big piece' of the action (money) like some kind of blackmail deal … I want a contract that shows some respect to me and my family, a contract that will honour all that I've brought to Black Sabbath since its beginning."
(20) In 2015, as Jewish communities across Europe were reeling from antisemitic attacks in France and Denmark, Muslims organised to stand guard around the synagogue in Oslo while those inside offered Sabbath prayers.
Saturday
Definition:
(n.) The seventh or last day of the week; the day following Friday and preceding Sunday.
Example Sentences:
(1) Mieko Nagaoka took just under an hour and 16 minutes to finish the race as the sole competitor in the 100 to 104-year-old category at a short course pool in Ehime, western Japan , on Saturday.
(2) He’s been so consistent this season.” Barkley took the two late penalties because the regular taker, Romelu Lukaku, had been withdrawn at half-time with a back injury that is likely to keep the striker out of Saturday’s trip to Stoke City.
(3) Also on Saturday, the VA said it would allow more veterans to obtain healthcare at private hospitals and clinics.
(4) Living by the "Big River" as a child, Cash soaked up work songs, church music, and country & western from radio station WMPS in Memphis, or the broadcasts from Nashville's Grand Ole Opry on Friday and Saturday evenings.
(5) Fleeting though it may have been (he jetted off to New York this morning and is due in Toronto on Saturday), there was a poignant reason for his appearance: he was here to play a tribute set to Frankie Knuckles, the Godfather of house and one of Morales's closest friends, who died suddenly in March.
(6) A foretaste of discontent came when Florian Thauvin, the underachieving £13m winger signed from Marseille last summer , was serenaded with chants of ‘You’re not fit to wear the shirt” from away fans during Saturday’s FA Cup defeat at Watford .
(7) Imagine a Swansea player plays against Chelsea on Saturday and then goes to Manchester City, then he plays against Chelsea again the next week.
(8) At least four US air strikes appear to have slowed the momentum of the jihadists, Kurdish peshmerga forces said on Saturday.
(9) On Saturday I made my second trip to the campsite in Lower Stumble – my first journey was on 28 July.
(10) He has his job to do and he has to do it the way he thinks best.” On Saturday night, in a sign of the growing concern at the top of the party about the affair, one shadow cabinet member told the Observer : “The issue is already echoing back at us on the doorsteps.” At all levels, there was despair that the furore had turned the spotlight on to Labour’s difficulties as a time when the party had hoped to take advantage of the Tories’ second byelection loss at the hands of Ukip.
(11) The Syrian government also hit rebel-held areas with air strikes on Saturday, the UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported.
(12) "Richard only finished the music today," said Croall, who seemed deeply relieved that he'd made the deadline on Saturday.
(13) Zidane’s first game proper will be on Saturday at home against Deportivo La Coruna in the Spanish league.
(14) One of those queueing on Sunday morning was Veerle Schmits, 43, a social services worker from Haringey, north London, who was due to travel to Belgium on Saturday to see her family for a belated new year’s party but was forced to delay her journey.
(15) Nevertheless, Strictly's ratings – and the absence of The X Factor from ITV1's schedule – helped BBC1 to dominate the evening on Saturday.
(16) Read more Clinton spoke before more than a thousand supporters on Saturday at a launch event for “Women for Hillary” in New Hampshire, touching upon many of the familiar themes of her presidential campaign – equal pay for women, paid family leave, raising the minimum wage.
(17) The country went to the polls on Saturday in parliamentary elections where the issue of Russia and Russians has dominated the campaigning.
(18) Fox will be accompanied by the sporting director, Hendrik Almstadt, on the back of the 1-1 draw against Wycombe Wanderers in the FA Cup on Saturday, when their failure to beat a League Two side culminated in angry scenes involving the away supporters.
(19) The Chiefs chairman and chief executive, Clark Hunt, released a statement that said: "Our thoughts and prayers remain with the families and everyone affected by the heartbreaking events of last Saturday.
(20) That, combined with their early season form, has them seven points clear (though having played a game more) than their hosts on Saturday, Chivas USA .