"jubilee" Definition

Definitions for the word "jubilee" from multiple English dictionaries.

1. n.
Every fiftieth year, being the year following the completion of each seventh sabbath of years, at which time all the slaves of Hebrew blood were liberated, and all lands which had been alienated during the whole period reverted to their former owners.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
2. n.
The joyful commemoration held on the fiftieth anniversary of any event; as, the jubilee of Queen Victoria's reign; the jubilee of the American Board of Missions.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
3. n.
A church solemnity or ceremony celebrated at Rome, at stated intervals, originally of one hundred years, but latterly of twenty-five; a plenary and extraordinary indulgence grated by the sovereign pontiff to the universal church. One invariable condition of granting this indulgence is the confession of sins and receiving of the eucharist.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
4. n.
A season of general joy.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
5. n.
A state of joy or exultation.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
6. n.
1 anniversary, esp. The 25th or 50th. 2 time of rejoicing. [hebrew, ultimately, = ram''s-horn trumpet]
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884

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