释义 |
Sabbathless, a.|ˈsæbəθlɪs| [f. Sabbath + -less.] Observing no Sabbath.
1605Bacon Adv. Learn. ii. xxiii. §46 This incessant and Sabbathlesse pursute of a mans fortune leaueth not tribute which we owe to God of our time. a1656Hales Gold. Rem. (1688) 178 Prayer itself is Sabbathless, and admits no rest, no intermission at all. 1820Lamb Sonn., ‘Who first invented work’, Sabbathless Satan! he who his unglad Task ever plies. 1888Pall Mall G. 31 Oct. 2/2 In 1885 Austria-Hungary in response to the bitter cry of Sabbathless toilers enacted a stringent Sunday law. |