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sabbatical year in American English
among the ancient Jews, every seventh year, in which, according to Mosaic law, the land and vineyards were to remain fallow and debtors were to be released
noun: a year, usually every seventh, of release from normal teaching duties granted to a professor, as for study or travel

sabbatical year in British English
noun: a year during which the land was to be left uncultivated, debts annulled, etc, supposed to be observed every seventh year by the ancient Israelites according to Leviticus 25

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