Jubilee

See also: jubilee and jubilée

English

Etymology

Ultimately from Hebrew יוֹבֵל‎ (yovél, “ram's horn, shofar”), which was used for the proclamation of the year of Jubilee.

Noun

Jubilee (plural Jubilees)

  1. (Jewish law) a year of rest, observed by the Israelites every 50 years
  2. (in Roman Catholicism) a holy year when people are encouraged to make a pilgrimage to Rome
  3. The Jubilee Line of the London Underground (named after the silver jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II).

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