a season or day of rest; one day in seven appointed for rest or worship, the observance of which was enjoined upon the jews in the decalogue, and has been continued by the christian church with a transference of the day observed from the last to the first day of the week, which is called also lord's day.-the seventh year, observed among the israelites as one of rest and festival.-fig.: a time of rest or repose; intermission of pain, effort, sorrow, or the like.