sabbatical
sabbatical Lexical Profile
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• noun
A period of paid leave granted to a university professor or researcher, traditionally every seventh year, for study, writing, or travel.
"The history professor is currently on a year-long sabbatical to finish writing her monograph."
Any extended break from one's customary work or career taken to rest, travel, or pursue personal interests.
"After ten years at the law firm, he took a six-month sabbatical to hike the Pacific Crest Trail."
• adjective
Relating to or denoting a period of paid or unpaid leave granted to a university teacher or other professional for study, travel, or rest.
"She used her sabbatical year to conduct archival research in Rome."
Of, relating to, or appropriate to the religious Sabbath as a day or period of rest.
"A quiet, sabbatical stillness settled over the village every Sunday morning."
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Word Origin & Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin sabbaticus and Ancient Greek sabbatikos, ultimately from Hebrew shabbat ('to rest or cease from work'). Its modern sense of an extended academic or professional leave derives from the biblical Sabbatical year (Shmita), in which agricultural fields were left fallow every seventh year.