n. [ Syriac abbā father. See Abbot. ] Father; religious superior; -- in the Syriac, Coptic, and Ethiopic churches, a title given to the bishops, and by the bishops to the patriarch. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Abbacies [ L. abbatia, fr. abbas, abbatis, abbot. See Abbey. ] The dignity, estate, or jurisdiction of an abbot. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ LL. abbatialis : cf. F. abbatial. ] Belonging to an abbey; as, abbatial rights. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Abbatial. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Eccl.) One of a sect which opposes the observance of the Christian Sabbath. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. cabage, fr. F. cabus headed (of cabbages), chou cabus headed cabbage, cabbage head; cf. It. capuccio a little head, cappuccio cowl, hood, cabbage, fr. capo head, L. caput, or fr. It. cappa cape. See Chief, Cape. ] (Bot.) 1. An esculent vegetable of many varieties, derived from the wild Brassica oleracea of Europe. The common cabbage has a compact head of leaves. The cauliflower, Brussels sprouts, etc., are sometimes classed as cabbages. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The terminal bud of certain palm trees, used, like, cabbage, for food. See Cabbage tree, below. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. The cabbage palmetto. See below. [ 1913 Webster ]

Cabbage aphis (Zoöl.), a green plant-louse (Aphis brassicæ) which lives upon the leaves of the cabbage. --
Cabbage beetle (Zoöl.), a small, striped flea-beetle (Phyllotreta vittata) which lives, in the larval state, on the roots, and when adult, on the leaves, of cabbage and other cruciferous plants. --
Cabbage fly (Zoöl.), a small two-winged fly (Anthomyia brassicæ), which feeds, in the larval or maggot state, on the roots of the cabbage, often doing much damage to the crop. --
Cabbage head, the compact head formed by the leaves of a cabbage; -- contemptuously or humorously, and colloquially, a very stupid and silly person; a numskull. --
Cabbage palmetto, a species of palm tree (Sabal Palmetto) found along the coast from North Carolina to Florida. --
Cabbage rose (Bot.), a species of rose (Rosa centifolia) having large and heavy blossoms. --
Cabbage tree,
Cabbage palm, a name given to palms having a terminal bud called a cabbage, as the Sabal Palmetto of the United States, and the Euterpe oleracea and Oreodoxa oleracea of the West Indies. --
Sea cabbage.(Bot.) (a) Sea kale (b). The original Plant (Brassica oleracea), from which the cabbage, cauliflower, broccoli, etc., have been derived by cultivation. --
Thousand-headed cabbage. See Brussels sprouts. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To form a head like that the cabbage; as, to make lettuce cabbage. Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Cabbaged p. pr. & vb. n. Cabbaging ] [ F.cabasser, fr. OF. cabas theft; cf. F. cabas basket, and OF. cabuser to cheat. ] To purloin or embezzle, as the pieces of cloth remaining after cutting out a garment; to pilfer. [ 1913 Webster ]

Your tailor . . . cabbages whole yards of cloth. Arbuthnot. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Cloth or clippings cabbaged or purloined by one who cuts out garments. [ 1913 Webster ]

(Zoöl.), a white butterfly (Pieris rapæ of both Europe and America, and the allied Pieris oleracea, a native American species) which, in the larval state, devours the leaves of the cabbage and the turnip. See also Cabbage worm, below. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zoöl.), the larva of several species of moths and butterflies, which attacks cabbages. The most common is the toxic green larva of a white butterfly, the cabbage butterfly, (Pieris rapæ). The cabbage cutworms, which eat off the stalks of young plants during the night, are the larvæ of several species of moths, of the genus Agrotis. See Cutworm. larva of a cabbage butterfly. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

‖n. pl. [ LL. Insabatati. See 1st In-, and Sabot. ] The Waldenses; -- so called from their peculiarly cut or marked sabots, or shoes. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ See Rabate. ] To abate or diminish. [ Obs. ] -- n. Abatement. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Sabbath. ] In mediaeval demonology, the nocturnal assembly in which demons and sorcerers were thought to celebrate their orgies. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. Sabbatarius: cf. F. sabbataire. See Sabbath. ] 1. One who regards and keeps the seventh day of the week as holy, agreeably to the letter of the fourth commandment in the Decalogue. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ There were Christians in the early church who held this opinion, and certain Christians, esp. the Seventh-day Baptists, hold it now. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A strict observer of the Sabbath. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to the Sabbath, or the tenets of Sabbatarians. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The tenets of Sabbatarians. Bp. Ward (1673). [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. sabat, sabbat, F. sabbat, L. sabbatum, Gr. sa`bbaton, fr. Heb. shabbāth, fr. shābath to rest from labor. Cf. Sabbat. ] 1. A season or day of rest; one day in seven appointed for rest or worship, the observance of which was enjoined upon the Jews in the Decalogue, and has been continued by the Christian church with a transference of the day observed from the last to the first day of the week, which is called also Lord's Day. [ 1913 Webster ]

Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy. Ex. xx. 8. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The seventh year, observed among the Israelites as one of rest and festival. Lev. xxv. 4. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Fig.: A time of rest or repose; intermission of pain, effort, sorrow, or the like. [ 1913 Webster ]

Peaceful sleep out the sabbath of the tomb. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

Sabbath breaker, one who violates the law of the Sabbath. --
Sabbath breaking, the violation of the law of the Sabbath. --
Sabbath-day's journey, a distance of about a mile, which, under Rabbinical law, the Jews were allowed to travel on the Sabbath. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Sabbath, Sunday. Sabbath is not strictly synonymous with Sunday. Sabbath denotes the institution; Sunday is the name of the first day of the week. The Sabbath of the Jews is on Saturday, and the Sabbath of most Christians on Sunday. In New England, the first day of the week has been called “the Sabbath, ” to mark it as holy time; Sunday is the word more commonly used, at present, in all parts of the United States, as it is in England. “So if we will be the children of our heavenly Father, we must be careful to keep the Christian Sabbath day, which is the Sunday.” Homilies. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Without Sabbath, or intermission of labor; hence, without respite or rest. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ Gr. &unr_;: cf. F. sabbatique. ] Of or pertaining to the Sabbath; resembling the Sabbath; enjoying or bringing an intermission of labor. [ 1913 Webster ]

Sabbatical year (Jewish Antiq.), every seventh year, in which the Israelites were commanded to suffer their fields and vineyards to rest, or lie without tillage. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. sabbatismus, Gr. &unr_;, fr. &unr_; to keep the Sabbath: cf. F. sabbatisme. See Sabbath. ] Intermission of labor, as upon the Sabbath; rest. Dr. H. More. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. Sp. zapaton, a large shoe, F. sabot a wooden shoe. ] A round-toed, armed covering for the feet, worn during a part of the sixteenth century in both military and civil dress. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. scaubert, scauberk, OF. escaubers, escauberz, pl., scabbards, probably of German or Scan. origin; cf. Icel. skālpr scabbard, and G. bergen to conceal. Cf. Hauberk. ] The case in which the blade of a sword, dagger, etc., is kept; a sheath. [ 1913 Webster ]

Nor in thy scabbard sheathe that famous blade. Fairfax. [ 1913 Webster ]

Scabbard fish (Zool.), a long, compressed, silver-colored taenioid fish (Lepidopus argyreus syn. Lepidopus caudatus), found on the European coasts, and more abundantly about New Zealand, where it is called frostfish and considered an excellent food fish. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To put in a scabbard. [ 1913 Webster ]

See Scaleboard plane, under Scaleboard. [ 1913 Webster ]

(Bot.) See Sea kale, under Kale. [ 1913 Webster ]