Sabathai, Levi, a Jewish impostor, who gave himself out to be the Messiah and persuaded a number of Jews to forsake all and follow him; the sultan of Turkey forced him to confess the imposture, and he turned Mussulman to save his life (1625‒1676).
Definition taken from The Nuttall Encyclopædia, edited by the Reverend James Wood (1907)
Sabaoth * Sabbath