sabbatarian
/ˌsæb.əˈtɛɹ.i.ən/noun
sabbatarian is spelled S-A-B-B-A-T-A-R-I-A-N: 11 letters and 5 syllables. It appears about once in every 59 million words in written English, the 240,237th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, sabbatarian means “Alternative letter-case form of Sabbatarian” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in sabbatarian?
| Letters | 11: S-A-B-B-A-T-A-R-I-A-N |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 5 (from its pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 59 million words; the 240,237th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is sabbatarian?
Sabbatarian appears about once in every 59 million words in written English, the 240,237th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce sabbatarian?
- US /ˌsæb.əˈtɛɹ.i.ən/
Sabbatarian has 5 syllables (counted from the pronunciation).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Naomi_Persephone_Amethyst_(NaomiAmethyst)-Sabbatarian.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with sabbatarian?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as sabbatarian from its last stressed vowel (/ɛɹiən/):
- humanitarian
- Bulgarian
- vegetarian
- authoritarian
- ovarian
- sectarian
- totalitarian
- veterinarian
- bavarian
- egalitarian
- unitarian
- antiquarian
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of sabbatarian
- sabbatharian
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does sabbatarian mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Alternative letter-case form of Sabbatarian.
noun
- 1
A person who regards and keeps the seventh day of the week ("Saturday", the Israelite or Jewish Sabbath) as holy in conformity with the fourth commandment of the Decalogue, such as an Orthodox Jew, Seventh-day Adventist, Seventh Day Baptist, a member of the Church of God (Seventh Day); a Sabbath-keeper, a Saturday-keeper.
- 2
A person who regards and keeps the first day of the week as holy and often considers it as a replacement for the seventh-day Sabbath, a Sunday-keeper.
- 3
A person who favors the strict observance of the Sabbath (either the sixth, seventh, or first day of the week).
- 4
A member of a non-Jewish religious sect originating in Russia distinguished by observance of Jewish rites and festivals including Saturday as the day of rest.
adjective
- 1
Of or pertaining to the Sabbath, or the tenets of Sabbatarians.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Sabbatarian in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense sixth-day Sabbatarian, Friday-keeper:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | sabbataire, sabbatiste |
| German | Sabbatarier, Sabbatarierin, Sabbatist, Sabbatistin |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does sabbatarian come from?
From Medieval Latin sabbatarius, from Latin sabbatum, from Ancient Greek σάββατον (sábbaton), from Hebrew שבת (shabát) + -an. In use from c. 1610.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).