Definition of "jubilee" []

• A specially celebrated anniversary, especially a 50th anniversary. (noun)
• The celebration of such an anniversary. (noun)
• A season or an occasion of joyful celebration. (noun)
• Jubilation; rejoicing. (noun)
• Bible In the Hebrew Scriptures, a year of rest to be observed by the Israelites every 50th year, during which slaves were to be set free, alienated property restored to the former owners, and the lands left untilled. (noun)

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• "The term jubilee year (Vulg. annus Jubilei, or Jubileus) is of Hebrew origin, the etymological meaning of which is, in all probability,"
• "On New Year's of 1863 I attended what they called a jubilee meeting."
• "And a single syllable like the short i sound, as in the word jubilee, has no independent meaning at all."