break the Sabbath

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break the Sabbath (third-person singular simple present breaks the Sabbath, present participle breaking the Sabbath, simple past broke the Sabbath, past participle broken the Sabbath)

(idiomatic) To violate (the holiness or sanctity of) the Sabbath (by not keeping it holy).
Matthew 12:5 Or have you not read in the Law, that on the Sabbath the priests in the temple break the Sabbath and are innocent? (New American Standard Bible, ©1995)

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to break the Sabbath

Esperanto: profani la sabaton, malsanktigi la sabaton
French: violer le sabbat, profaner le sabbat
German: den Sabbat brechen, den Sabbat entheiligen, den Sabbat schänden, den Sabbat entweihen
Romanian: încălca Sabatul
Volapük: säsaludükön jabati, viodön jabati

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