Noun
a leave usually taken every seventh year
Source: WordNetDuring the winter semester of 1968-9 Adorno was on sabbatical leave from the university and thus able to dedicate himself to the completion of his book of aesthetics. Source: Internet
On a sabbatical leave that year, he headed the Methodology Group at the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) in Laxenburg, Austria. Source: Internet
He is currently on sabbatical leave in France. Source: Internet
It plainly acknowledges that sabbatical leave for judges was an “agreement in principle” subject to “the development of administrative arrangements to give effect to the facility.” Source: Internet
She also took sabbatical leave to study zoology and neurophysiology at the University of St. Andrews in Scotland. Source: Internet