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Sab·ba·tian | \ səˈbāsh(ē)ən \
plural -s
Definition of Sabbatian
(Entry 1 of 2)
: one of the followers of the Novatian presbyter Sabbatius who held that Easter and the feast of the Passover should be kept at the same time by Christians and Jews
Sabbatian
noun (2)Sab·ba·ti·an | \ ˌsabəˈtīən \
variants:
or Shabbathaian or Shabbethaian \ ˌshabəˈtīən \
plural -s
Definition of Sabbatian (Entry 2 of 2)
: a follower of the cabalist Sabbatai Zebi who proclaimed himself the Messiah and was accepted as such by many Jews — compare dönmeh
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