Brewer's: Sabbathians

The disciples of Sabbathais Zwi, the most remarkable “Messiah” of modern times. At the age of fifteen he had mastered the Talmud, and at eighteen the Cabbala. (1641-1677.)

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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