Sabbatical

Adjective

 * 1) Relating to the Sabbath.
 * 2) Relating to a sabbatical.

Noun

 * 1) 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.

Thesaurus
comfortable, festal, furlough, holiday, leave, leave of absence, liberty, paid holiday, paid vacation, quiet, restful, sabbatical leave, sabbatical year, shore leave, time off, vacation, vacational, weekend

Etymology
From σαββατικός:.

Alternative forms

 * sabbatic

Adjective

 * Finnish: ,
 * French:


 * Spanish: sabático
 * Swedish: sabbatlig


 * Finnish: ,
 * Italian:


 * Spanish: sabático

Noun

 * Dutch: sabbatjaar, sabbatsjaar
 * Finnish: ,
 * French: année sabbatique
 * German:


 * Hebrew: שבתון
 * Italian:
 * Norwegian:
 * Swedish: