A sabbatical year is a year of rest, usually the seventh year, like the shabbat, which is the seventh day of the week.
The term may refer to
- the biblical concept of the shmita year
- the modern concept of an extended hiatus in work, a sabbatical year
Famous quotes containing the words sabbatical and/or year:
“In the past, it seemed to make sense for a sportswriter on sabbatical from the playpen to attend the quadrennial hawgkilling when Presidential candidates are chosen, to observe and report upon politicians at play. After all, national conventions are games of a sort, and sports offers few spectacles richer in low comedy.”
—Walter Wellesley (Red)
“A man I praise that once in Tara’s Halls
Said to the woman on his knees, “Lie still,
My hundredth year is at an end. I think
That something is about to happen, I think
That the adventure of old age begins....””
—William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)