ALL meanings of jubilee
ju·bi·lee
J j - noun jubilee A special anniversary of an event, especially one celebrating twenty-five or fifty years of a reign or activity. 1
- noun jubilee the celebration of any of certain anniversaries, as the twenty-fifth (silver jubilee) fiftieth (golden jubilee) or sixtieth or seventy-fifth (diamond jubilee) 1
- noun jubilee the completion of 50 years of existence, activity, or the like, or its celebration: Our college will celebrate its jubilee next year. 1
- noun jubilee any season or occasion of rejoicing or festivity. 1
- noun jubilee rejoicing or jubilation. 1
- noun jubilee Roman Catholic Church. an appointed year or other period, ordinarily every 25 years (ordinary jubilee) in which a plenary indulgence is granted upon repentance and the performance of certain religious acts. a period of time (extraordinary jubilee) declared by the pope as a time of rejoicing, as for an anniversary, when a plenary indulgence is granted upon repentance and the performance of certain religious acts. Also called jubilee indulgence. the plenary indulgence granted during such a period. 1
- noun jubilee Also, Jubile. Chiefly Biblical. a yearlong period to be observed by Jews once every 50 years, during which Jewish slaves were to be freed, alienated lands were to be restored to the original owner or an heir, the fields were to be left untilled, and all agricultural labors were to be suspended. Lev. 25. Compare sabbatical year (def 2). 1
- noun jubilee a black American folk song concerned with future happiness or deliverance from tribulation. 1
- adjective jubilee flambé (def 1): cherries jubilee for dessert. 1
- noun jubilee official anniversary celebration 1
- noun jubilee 25th anniversary 1
- noun jubilee 50th anniversary 1
- countable noun jubilee A jubilee is a special anniversary of an event, especially the 25th or 50th anniversary. 0
- noun jubilee a time or season for rejoicing 0
- noun jubilee a special anniversary, esp a 25th or 50th one 0
- noun jubilee a specially appointed period, now ordinarily every 25th year, in which special indulgences are granted 0
- noun jubilee a year that was to be observed every 50th year, during which Hebrew slaves were to be liberated, alienated property was to be restored, etc 0
- noun jubilee a year-long celebration held every fifty years in which all bondmen were freed, mortgaged lands were restored to the original owners, and land was left fallow: Lev. 25:8-17 0
- noun jubilee an anniversary, esp. a 50th or 25th anniversary 0
- noun jubilee a celebration of this 0
- noun jubilee a time or occasion of rejoicing 0
- noun jubilee jubilation; rejoicing 0
- noun jubilee a year proclaimed as a solemn time for gaining a plenary indulgence and for receiving absolution, on certain conditions: an ordinary jubilee occurs every twenty-five years 0
- noun jubilee (Jewish historical) A special year of emancipation supposed to be kept every fifty years, when farming was abandoned and Hebrew slaves were set free. 0
- noun jubilee A fiftieth anniversary. 0
- noun jubilee (Catholicism) A special year (originally held every hundred years, then fifty, and then fewer) in which remission from sin could be granted as well as indulgences upon making a pilgrimage to Rome. 0
- noun jubilee A time of celebration or rejoicing. 0
- noun jubilee (Obsolete (No longer in use)) A period of fifty years; a half-century. 0