Shabbat, a weekly day of rest in Judaism

Sabbath in Christianity

Black Sabbath, a British heavy metal band with vocalist Ozzy Osbourne

Shmita, the Sabbatical Year, during which the land had to remain uncultivated and some debts were to be forgiven every seventh year

Sabbath in Seventh-day Adventism

Uposatha, a weekly opportunity for "cleansing of the defiled mind" in Buddhism

Sabbat (band), a British thrash metal band formed in the 1980s

Blue law, laws in certain parts of the United States which restrict work on Sunday, the Christian Sabbath

Sabbat (Japanese band), a Japanese black metal band

Wheel of the Year, a Wiccan metaphor and calendar for the cycle of the seasons, often referred to as Sabbats

Sabbath (witchcraft), an unverified midnight meeting of witches

Saturday is the seventh day of the week. Jews believe God established the 7-day weekly cycle at Creation as read in Genesis chapter 1 and 2. The 7th day of the week was named no later than the second century for the planet (Saturn), which controlled the...

Sabbat (World of Darkness), a sect of vampires in White Wolf Game Studio's Vampire: The Masquerade roleplaying game

Sabbath (Doctor Who), a Doctor Who villain

Sabbath Strange, cat owned by the fictional character Emily Strange

Friday prayer, a congregational prayer held every Friday just after noon in Islam

Day of rest

Sabbat (VTES), an expansion for Vampire: The Eternal Struggle collectible card game

Sabbatical year, a prolonged hiatus from one's career, typically one year

Sabbath economics, an economic model championed by Christian economist Ched Myers

Shabbat (Talmud), sabbath prohibitions found in Seder Moed in the Mishnah and Talmud

Sabbat (rock opera), a hard rock opera written by Craig R. Pedersen and the rock band Uther Pendragon

Ahn Shi Il, the Unification Church's equivalent of a Sabbath

The Sabbath (or Sabbat) is a weekly day of rest and/or worship that is observed in the Judeo-Christian faiths. The term derives from the Hebrew shabbat, "(to) cease". The term was first used in the biblical account of the last day of creation. It was repeated, as a commandment, as the fourth of the Ten Commandments. A number of other religions have a similar practice, and the term has also been imported into secular usage. In religion: