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  1. Belief held by some Protestant Christians in
  2. the strict observance of the Sabbath, Sunday,
  3. following the fourth commandment of the
  4. Bible. It began in the 17th century.
  5. Sabbatarianism has taken various forms,
  6. including an insistence on the Sabbath
  7. lasting a full 24 hours; prohibiting sports
  8. and games and the buying and selling of goods
  9. on the Sabbath; and ignoring public holidays
  10. when they fall on a Sunday.
  11.