jubilee
ju·bi·lee / ˈjoōbəˌlē; ˌjoōbəˈlē/ • n. a special anniversary of an event, esp. one celebrating twenty-five or fifty years of a reign or activity: [as adj.] jubilee celebrations. ∎ Judaism (in Jewish history) a year of emancipation and restoration, celebrated every fifty years. ∎ (in full Jubilee Year) a period of remission from the penal consequences of sin, granted by the Roman Catholic Church under certain conditions for a year, usually at intervals of twenty-five years.• adj. (of desserts) flambé: cherries jubilee.
jubilee
jubilee a special anniversary of an event, especially one celebrating twenty-five or fifty years of a reign or activity.
In Jewish history, a jubilee is a year of emancipation and restoration, kept every fifty years; in the Roman Catholic Church, it is a period of remission from the penal consequences of sin, granted by the Roman Catholic Church under certain conditions for a year, usually at intervals of twenty-five years.
Recorded from late Middle English, the word comes via Old French from late Latin jubilaeus (annus) ‘(year) of jubilee’, based on Hebrew yōḇēl, originally ‘ram's-horn trumpet’, with which the jubilee year was proclaimed.
In Jewish history, a jubilee is a year of emancipation and restoration, kept every fifty years; in the Roman Catholic Church, it is a period of remission from the penal consequences of sin, granted by the Roman Catholic Church under certain conditions for a year, usually at intervals of twenty-five years.
Recorded from late Middle English, the word comes via Old French from late Latin jubilaeus (annus) ‘(year) of jubilee’, based on Hebrew yōḇēl, originally ‘ram's-horn trumpet’, with which the jubilee year was proclaimed.
jubilee
jubilee year of emancipation and restoration of the Jews, kept every 50 years (see Lev. 25); fiftieth anniversary. XIV. —(O)F. jubilé—ChrL. jūbilæus adj.—(with assim. to jūbilāre; see prec.) ChrGr. iōbēlaîlos, f. ióbēlos— Heb. yōbhēl jubilee, orig. ram, (hence) ram's horn, with which the jubilee year was proclaimed.
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