Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for SAB'BATH-BREAK-ING
SAB'BATH-BREAK-ERSAB'BATH-LESS
SAB'BATH-BREAK-ING, n.
A profanation of the sabbath by violating the injunction of the fourth commandment, or the municipal laws of a state which require the observance of that day as holy time. All unnecessary secular labor, visiting, traveling, sports, amusements and the like are considered as sabbath-breaking.
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