"break the Sabbath" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: en-au-break the Sabbath.ogg [Australia] Forms: breaks the Sabbath [present, singular, third-person], breaking the Sabbath [participle, present], broke the Sabbath [past], broken the Sabbath [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|break<,,broke,broken> the Sabbath}} break the Sabbath (third-person singular simple present breaks the Sabbath, present participle breaking the Sabbath, simple past broke the Sabbath, past participle broken the Sabbath)
  1. (idiomatic) To violate (the holiness or sanctity of) the Sabbath (by not keeping it holy). Tags: idiomatic Related terms: Sabbath-breaker, Sabbath-breaking, Sabbath-keeper, Sabbath-keeping, Sabbath observance, Sabbath observer Translations (to break the Sabbath): profani la sabaton (Esperanto), malsanktigi la sabaton (Esperanto), violer le sabbat (French), profaner le sabbat (French), den Sabbat brechen (German), den Sabbat entheiligen (German), den Sabbat schänden (German), den Sabbat entweihen (German), încălca Sabatul (Romanian), säsaludükön jabati (Volapük), viodön jabati (Volapük)
    Sense id: en-break_the_Sabbath-en-verb-NPou1srC Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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          "sense": "to break the Sabbath",
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          "sense": "to break the Sabbath",
          "word": "säsaludükön jabati"
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      "sense": "to break the Sabbath",
      "word": "profani la sabaton"
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      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "to break the Sabbath",
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      "sense": "to break the Sabbath",
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to break the Sabbath",
      "word": "profaner le sabbat"
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      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to break the Sabbath",
      "word": "den Sabbat brechen"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to break the Sabbath",
      "word": "den Sabbat entheiligen"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to break the Sabbath",
      "word": "den Sabbat schänden"
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      "sense": "to break the Sabbath",
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      "sense": "to break the Sabbath",
      "word": "încălca Sabatul"
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      "sense": "to break the Sabbath",
      "word": "säsaludükön jabati"
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