資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Sabbatarian \Sab`ba*ta"ri*an\, 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.

   Note: There were Christians in the early church who held this
         opinion, and certain Christians, esp. the {Seventh-day
         Baptists}, hold it now.

   2. A strict observer of the Sabbath.

Seventh \Sev"enth\, a. [From {Seven}: cf. AS. seofo[eth]a.]
   1. Next in order after the sixth;; coming after six others.

            On the seventh day, God ended his work which he had
            made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his
            work which he had made.               --Gen. ii. 2.

   2. Constituting or being one of seven equal parts into which
      anything is divided; as, the seventh part.

   {Seventh day}, the seventh day of the week; Saturday.

   {Seventh-day Baptists}. See under {Baptist}.

Baptist \Bap"tist\, n. [L. baptista, G. ?]
   1. One who administers baptism; -- specifically applied to
      John, the forerunner of Christ. --Milton.

   2. One of a denomination of Christians who deny the validity
      of infant baptism and of sprinkling, and maintain that
      baptism should be administered to believers alone, and
      should be by immersion. See {Anabaptist}.

   Note: In doctrine the Baptists of this country [the United
         States] are Calvinistic, but with much freedom and
         moderation. --Amer. Cyc.

   {Freewill Baptists}, a sect of Baptists who are Arminian in
      doctrine, and practice open communion.

   {Seventh-day Baptists}, a sect of Baptists who keep the
      seventh day of the week, or Saturday, as the Sabbath. See
      {Sabbatarian}. The Dunkers and Campbellites are also
      Baptists.