JUBILEE
\d͡ʒˈuːbɪlˌiː], \dʒˈuːbɪlˌiː], \dʒ_ˈuː_b_ɪ_l_ˌiː]\
Definitions of JUBILEE
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- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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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.
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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.
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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.
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A season of general joy.
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One celebrated upon the completion of sixty, or, according to some, seventy-five, years from the beginning of the thing commemorated.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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A season of general joy.
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One celebrated upon the completion of sixty, or, according to some, seventy-five, years from the beginning of the thing commemorated.
By Noah Webster.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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The year of release among the Jews every fiftieth year, proclaimed by the sound of a trumpet: any season of great public joy and festivity.
By Daniel Lyons
By James Champlin Fernald
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n. [Latin, Greek, Hebrew] Every fiftieth year, at which time slaves were liberated, and lands which had been alienated reverted to their former owners ; - a church solemnity at Rome, at stated intervals, latterly at twenty-five years, at which plenary indulgence is given ; a season of great public festivity and joy ; - joyfulness ; exultation.
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