Definition of jubilee Jubilee

/ʤuˈbʌliˌ/ - [jubulee] - ju•bi•lee

We found 10 definitions of jubilee from 5 different sources.

What does jubilee mean?

Noun Plural: jubilees
jubilee - a special anniversary (or the celebration of it)
		anniversary, day of remembrance the date on which an event occurred in some previous year (or the celebration of it)
		diamond jubilee an anniversary celebrating the passage of 60 years

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jubilee (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.
jubilee (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.
jubilee (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.
jubilee (n.)
A season of general joy.
jubilee (n.)
A state of joy or exultation.

jubilee
jōō′bi-lē, n. the year of release among the Jews every fiftieth year, proclaimed by the sound of a trumpet: the celebration of a fiftieth anniversary—e.g. of a king's accession, a bishop's consecration, &c.: in the R.C. Church, a year (every twenty-fifth—Ordinary jubilee) of indulgence for pilgrims and others, an Extraordinary jubilee being specially appointed by the Pope: any season of great public joy and festivity. [Fr. jubilé—L. jubilæus—Heb. yōbel, a trumpet, the blast of a trumpet.]