Sabbatism 
batiiin in heaven that the old Sabbath had to God's rest 
from his work of creation. 
Damon, Origin of World, p. 132. 
Sabbatize (sab'a-ti 
//,:<W, ppr. Sabb'ittii _ 
Gr. aappaTiZetv, keep the Sabbath, < atBparw, 
the Jewish Sabbath : see Sabbath.] I. intrans. 
To keep the Sabbath ; rest on the seventh day. 
A Sabbatisingloo much, by too many Christians imitated, 
which celebrate the same rather as a day of Bacchus then 
the Lords day. Purchas, Pilgrimage, p. 122. 
Let us not therefore keep the sabbath (or sabbatize) 
Jewishly as delighting in idleness (or rest from labour). 
Baxter, Divine Appointment of the Lord's Day, vii. 
If he who does not rest out of regard to the Lord does 
not truly Sabbatize, his resting is only an empty form or 
a blasphemous pretense. Pop. Sci. Mo., XXIX. 708. 
II. trans. To convert into or observe as a 
sabbath, or day of rest. 
The tendency to sabbatize the Lord's day is due chiefly 
to the necessities of legal enforcement. 
Smith and Cheetham, Diet, of Christ. Antiq., p. 1052. 
sabbatont (sab'a-ton), . [< ME. sabatoun (ML. 
sabbatum), a snbe. Cf. sabot.] 1. A shoe or 
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lous worms, typical of the Sabcllariitltr. H. an- 
ijlica is a leading species, of the British Islands, forming 
massive irregular tubes of sand at and below low-water 
mark. 
Sabellariidae (sab*e-la-ri'i-de ), H. pi. [NL., < 
Sabellaria + -idee.] A family of cephalobran- 
chiate annelids, typified by the genus Sabelhi- 
ria. The body is subcyllndric, of two distinct portions 
an anterior segmented, with setigerous and uncinate 
appendages, and a posterior narrow, unsegmented, and un- 
appendaged, like a tail. These worms live between tide- 
marks, among seaweeds (especially Laminaria), and are 
oviparous. Also called Hermettacea. 
Sabellian 1 (sa-bel'i-an), a. and n. [< L. Sa- 
bellijthe Sabellians (see def.): see Sabine 2 .] 
I. a. Of or pertaining to the Sabellians. 
II. n. One of a primitive Italian people 
which included the Sabines, Samuites, Luca- 
nians, etc. 
Sabellian 2 (sa-bel'i-an), a. and . [< Sabellius 
(see def.) + '-an.] "1. a. Of or pertaining to 
Sabellius or his doctrines or followers. See 
Sabellianism. 
II. n. A follower of Sabellius, a philosopher 
See Sabellianism. 
Sabine 
Saberbill ( Xiphorhynchus procMrvits). 
/, ,~r'i J of the third century, oce *?U-WI/K.M*W"I'. 
half-boot of the kind worn by persons of wealth galjellianism (sa-bel'i-an-izm), n. [< Sabellian 
in the fifteenth century, mentioned as made of B ^ D ^T ^ e doctrinal view respecting the 
satin, cloth of gold, etc. Godhead maintained by Sabellius and his fol- 
Thenne set thay the sabatoun f vpon the segge fotejj lowers. Sabellianism arose out of an attempt to explain 
Sir Qawayne and the Green Kmght (E. E. T. S.), 1. 574. ^ doctr , ne of the Trinitv on philosophical principles. 
2 Thesolleretof the six- -^^_^ It agrees with orthodox Trinitarianism in denying the 
tBATirh ppTitnt-v having a H subordination of the Son to the Father, and in recogniz- 
^ 1 1 Ing the divinity manifested in Christ as the absolute 
form broad and blunted J|v 1 Jgj . lt diff er8 t he refrom in denying the real personality 
at the toes. ^Kaftfl ' the Son, and in recognizing in the Father, Son, and 
sabdariffa (sab-da-rif'a), ^I^BHfl Holy Spirit not a real and eternal Trinity but one only injng-oi. 
n^flif ^.i^P 9 temporal and modalistic. According to Sabellianism, Sabia (sa Di-a), H. 
Sabean (si-be' 'an), . ^^Sffl witli Tthe cessation of the manifestation of Christ in, time 
[Also Sabsean; < LL. Su- 
bset (Vulgate), in form 
same as L. Sabsei, the 
people of Saba (see Sabe- 
an 2 ), but variously re- ,..... 
garded as the descendants of beba or bheba sa fo e ui ne (sa-bel'in), a. [< Sabella + **.] 
(see def.).] A member of some obscure tribes p orta j n ing t 'o Sabella or to the Sabellidse. 
mentioned in the authorized version of the - - 
Bible, and regarded as the descendants (1) of 
Dentition of Saber-toothed 
Cat (Machtxrodits), showing 
the very long upper canine. 
the Son also ceases to be Son. It is nearly allied to Modal- 
ism. 
Sabellidae (sa-bel'i-de), n. pi. [NL., < Sabella 
+ -idee.] A family of tubicolous cephalobran- 
chiate polychaatous annelids, typified by the ge- 
nus Sabella. 
( S a-bel'It), n. [_< Sabella + -ite^.] 
fossil sabel l a or some similar worm. 
, . 
Seba, son of Cush; (2) of Seba, son of Eaa- Sabe ii id ( sa -bel'oid), a. and n. [< Sabella 
- - - 
mah; or (3) of Sheba, 
pare Sabian^. 
son of Joktan. Com- 
j (( - Q f O r resembling the Sabellidte. 
One of the Sabellidse. 
people of Saba), < 2o/3a, L. Saba, the capital of 
Yemen in Arabia.] I. a. Of or pertaining to 
Saba in Arabia ; Arabian. 
Sabsean odours from the spicy shore 
Of Araby the bless'd. Hilton, P. L., IT. 162. 
II. w. A native or an inhabitant of that part 
of Arabia now called Yemen, the chief city of 
which was Saba. The Sabeans were extensive 
merchants of spices, perfumes, precious stones, 
etc., which they imported from India. 
Sabean 3 (sa-be'au), a. and n. Same as Sabian^. 
Sabean 4 (sa-be'an), . Same as Sabian 2 . 
Sabeism (sS-be'izm), . [Also Sabxism ; = F. 
Sabeisme = Sp. Pg. sabeismo: see Sabian 2 .] 
Same as Sabaism. 
sabeline (sab'e-lin), . and . [ME. sabeline, n. ; 
< OF. sabelin, sebelin, adj., sabeline, sebeline, n., 
F. gibeline = Pr. sebelin, sembelin = Sp. cebellina 
= Pg. zebelina = It. zibellino, the sable-fur, < 
ML. sabelinus, of the sable, as a noun sable-fur, 
< sabelum, sable: see sable*.] I. a. Of or per- 
taining to the sable; zibeline. 
Il.t The skin of the sable used as a fur. 
Ne seal ther beo fou ne grei, ne cunig, ne ermine, ne oc- 
querne, ne martres cheole, ne beuer, ne sabeline. 
Old Eng. Homilies (ed. Morris), 1st ser., p. 181. 
They should wear the silk and the sabelline. 
The Cruel Mother (Child's Ballads, II. 270). 
bel, sebel, G. sabel (> D. Dan. 
Sw. sabel), a saber; cf. OBulg. 
Serv. Russ. sablya = Bohem. 
shavle = Pol. szabla = Hung. 
szdblya = Lith. shoble, shoblis, 
a saber; origin uncertain ; the 
Teut. forms are appar. from 
the Slavic,but the Slavic forms 
themselves appear to be un- 
original.] 1. A heavy sword 
having a single edge, and thick- 
est at the. back of the blade, 
tapering gradually toward the 
edge. It is usually slightly curved ; 
but some cavalry sabers are perfectly 
straight. The saber may be consider- 
ed as a modification of the Oriental 
simitar increased in weight and di- 
minished in curvature, and differs 
from the typical sword, which is dou- 
ble-edged, with its greatest thickness 
in the middle of the blade. 
2. Asoldierarmedwithasaber. 
UnitedStates L.ight- 
cavalry Saber,asused 
in 1864. 
There are persons whose loveliness is more formidable 
to me than a whole regiment of sabred hussars with their 
fierce-looking moustaches. 
Brooke, Fool of Quality, II. 
2. To strike or cut with a saber. 
Flash 'd all their sabres bare, 
Flash'd as they turn'd in air, 
Sabring the gunners there. 
Tennyson, Charge of the Light Brigade. 
, (sa'ber-bil), n. 1. A South Ameri- 
can dendrocolaptine bird of the genus Xipho- 
sabelize (sab'e-liz), v. t.\ pret. and pp. sabe- 
lized, ppr. sabelizina. [< sable (ME. sabel) + 
-ize.] Same as sable. 
Sabella (sa-bel'a), n. [NL. (Linnams, 1758), 
dim. of L. sabulmn, sand, gravel: see sabulous.] 
1. The typical genus of Sabellidse, containing 
large tubicolous cephalo branchiate marine an- saberbill 
nelids or sea-worms, with feathery or fan-like 
gills of remarkable delicacy and brilliancy, and 
greenish blood. See cut under cerebral. 2. 
[(. c.] A worm of this genus, or any member of 
the Sabellidse : as, the fa,n-sabella, S. penia,llns. 
sabellan (sa-bel'an), . [< sabella + -an.] 
Gritty or gravelly; coarsely sabulous, 
sabellana (sab-e-la'ua), M. [NL., < sabella, < 
L. sabulum, gravel: see MQWOW.] In </<<>/.. 
coarse sand or gravel. 
Sabellaria (sab-e-la'ri-a), H. [NL. (Lamarck, sabertooth (sa'ber-toth) 
181'2), < Sabella + -aria.] A genus of tubico- fossil cat of the genus 
saber-toothed (sa'ber-totht), . Having ex- 
tremely long upper canine teeth ; macheero- 
dont: applied to the fossil 
cats of the genus Ma- 
ckserodus and some relat- 
ed genera. ' 
saberwing (sa'bSr-wing), 
n. A humming-bird of the 
genus Campyl(>2>terus and 
some related genera, hav- 
ing strongly falcate pri- 
maries. 
saber-winged (sa'ber- 
wingd), a. Having fal- 
cate primaries, as a hum- 
ming-bird. 
iabia (sa'bi-a), . [NL. (Colebrooke, 1818), < 
Beng. sabjalat, name of one of the species.] 1. 
A genus of polypetalous plants, type of the or- 
der Sabiaceee. It is characterized by flowers with all 
the stamens perfect and the sepals and petals nearly equal, 
by the number of parts in each of these sets (four or five), 
and by their peculiar arrangement, which is opposite 
throughout, contrary to the usual law of alternation. 
There are about 12 species, natives of tropical and tem- 
perate parts of Asia. They are climbing or twiggy shrubs, 
with roundish branchlets, around the base of which bud- 
scales remain persistent. They bear alternate and entire 
petioled leaves, and small axillary flowers, which are soli- 
tary, cymose, or panicled. 
2. In eoiil., a genus of mollusks. J. E. Gray, 
1839. 
Sabiaceae (sa-bi-a'se-e), n. pi. [NL. (Blume, 
1851), < Sabia + -acese.] A small order of poly- 
petalous plants of the cohort Sapindales and se- 
ries Disdflorse. It is characterized by stamens which 
are as many as the petals and opposite them, and, except 
in Sabia. unequal or in part imperfect, by an ovary two- 
or three-celled and compressed or with two or three lobes, 
and by a fruit of one or two dry or drupaceous one-seed- 
ed nutlets, usually with a deflexed apex. It includes 
about 40 species, belonging to 4 genera, of which Sabia 
is the type, natives of tropical and subtropical regions, 
chiefly northern. They are smooth or hairy shrubs or 
trees, bearing alternate simple or pinnate feather-veined 
leaves without stipules, and usually small flowers in pani- 
cles. 
Sabian 1 (sa'bi-an), a. and . [Also Sabsean, 
Sabean; < Heb'.' tsdba, an army, host (sc. of 
heaven) (see Sabaotk), + -ian.] I. a. Pertain- 
ing to the religion and rites of the Sabians. 
II. n. A worshiper of the host of heaven ; an 
adherent of an ancient religion in Persia and 
Chaldea, the distinctive feature of which was 
star-worship. Also called Tsabian. 
Sabian 2 (sa'bi-an), n. [Also Sabean, Sabsean; 
usually identified with Sabianl, but otherwise 
derived from Sabo, one of the epithets bestowed 
on John, the supposed founder of the sect.] A 
Mandan (which see). 
.-an-izm), . [< Sabian 2 + 
Sabaism. 
^ [< Cuban sabieu, savicu.] 
The" horse-flesh "mahogany, Lysiloma Sabicti. 
Also savacu. 
(Dames.) sabicu-wood (sab-i-ko'wud), . Same as sabieu. 
sabin 1 (sab'in), n. [F., < L. Sabina (herba), < 
Sabini, the Sabines.] Same as savin. 
Sabin 2 !, [Origin obscure.] A conceited or 
fanciful person. 
Grimsby, which our Sabins, or conceited persons, dream- 
ing what they list and following their own tansies, will 
have to be so called of one Grimes a merchant. 
Holland, tr. of Camden, p. 542. (Dames.) 
rhynchm, as X. promnvs or A'. trocJiihrostrts : sa |,i na ( S a-bl'na), w. Inp/ir., the savin, Jiini- 
so called from the shape of the bill. See cut . )erKS gaf,/,,,,. 
in next column. 2. A curlew: same as tukle- g^jnel (sab'in), . Same as sarin. 
bill. Sportsman's Gazetteer. Sabine 2 (sa'bin), a. and . [= F. sabin (> Sp. 
saber-billed (sa'bfer-bild), a. Having ajnun- p g- It sail,,,,), < L. Sabinus, Sabine, Sabini, the 
^' ! ^ . . /~1* V,,lif.11 + 1 , , . C2r.Vn-llHmiO Vf fnf*C* 11 If 
mw* V***WB \*" ft , .K . 
sembling a saber in shape ; sickle-billed, bee 
cuts under saberbill and Eutoxeres. 
saber-fish (sa'ber-fish), . The hairtail or 
silver-eel, Triehiitrus lepturus. [Texas, U. S.] 
' 11. A saber-toothed 
Sabines. Cf. Sabelli, the Sabellians. Hence ult. 
savin.] I. a. Of or pertaining to the Sabines. 
II. H. One of an ancient people of Italy, 
dwelling in the central Apennines. The Sabines 
formed an important element in the colonization of an- 
cient Rome. According to tradition, the Romans took 
