sabbatical leave

  • 31Sabbatical (TV series) — Infobox Television show name = Sabbatical caption = Sabbatical title screen genre = suspense drama creator = Peter Mitchell writer = Peter Mitchell director = Ken Girotti creative director = developer = starring = (see below) theme music composer …

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  • 32sabbatical — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. sabbatical year or leave, vacation. See repose. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. leave, time off, holiday; see vacation . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. leave, rest, vacation, holiday, break. see vacation …

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  • 33sabbatical — I. adjective or sabbatic Etymology: Late Latin sabbaticus, from Greek sabbatikos, from sabbaton Date: 1599 1. of or relating to a sabbatical year 2. of or relating to the sabbath < sabbatical laws > II. noun …

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  • 34sabbatical — 1. adjective a) Relating to the Sabbath. b) Relating to a sabbatical. 2. noun An extended period of leave, often one year long, taken by an employee in order to carry out projects not otherwise associated with the employees job. During the&#8230; …

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  • 35sabbatical — [[t]səbæ̱tɪk(ə)l[/t]] sabbaticals N COUNT: also on N A sabbatical is a period of time during which someone such as a university teacher can leave their ordinary work and travel or study. He took a year s sabbatical from the Foreign Office... He s …

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  • 36leave — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 period of time when you do not go to work ADJECTIVE ▪ annual ▪ paid, unpaid ▪ extended, indefinite, weekend ▪ …

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  • 37Sabbatical — Sabbatically, adv. Sabbaticalness, n. /seuh bat i keuhl/, adj. 1. of or pertaining or appropriate to the Sabbath. 2. (l.c.) of or pertaining to a sabbatical year. 3. (l.c.) bringing a period of rest. n. 4. (l.c.) See sabbatical year. 5. (l.c.)&#8230; …

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  • 38Sabbatical — sab•bat•i•cal [[t]səˈbæt ɪ kəl[/t]] also sab•bat′ic adj. 1) jud rel (cap.) of or appropriate to the Sabbath 2) jud edu pertaining to a sabbatical year 3) jud edu sabbatical year 4) cvb any extended period of leave from one s customary work •&#8230; …

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  • 39sabbatical — noun Sabbatical is used before these nouns: ↑leave, ↑year …

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  • 40sabbatical — [sə batɪk(ə)l] noun a period of paid leave granted to a university teacher for study or travel (traditionally one year for every seven years worked). adjective 1》 relating to a sabbatical. 2》 archaic of or appropriate to the sabbath. Origin C16:&#8230; …

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