Definitions

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  • noun in the Old Testament a year of rest, observed by the Israelites every 50 years
  • noun in Roman Catholicism a holy year when people are encouraged to make a pilgrimage to Rome

Etymologies

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

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Examples

  • The last council houses to be completed here are in Jubilee Gardens.

    Archive 2008-02-01 2008

  • Ndungane leaves on �riday for Honduras where he has been invited to speak at the launch of the Latin American Jubilee 2000 campaign.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 1999

  • Eventually, the tradition became known as the Jubilee Year, but by that time it was taken out of the hands of kings and placed at the core of Mosaic law.

    P2P Foundation 2009

  • Eventually, the tradition became known as the Jubilee Year, but by that time it was taken out of the hands of kings and placed at the core of Mosaic law.

    P2P Foundation 2009

  • "Hound Dog," at the end, is set amid a "Jubilee" - style, staircased set as video images of Elvis gyrating at the Hilton play out in the background.

    Las Vegas Sun Stories: All Sun Headlines 2010

  • "I'd like a 'Jubilee'-style show, in the spirit of the' Ziegfeld Folies, 'but an updated, smarter use of showgirls," she said during an interview in the Crazy Horse theater lobby prior to Wednesday's premiere performance.

    Las Vegas Sun Stories: All Sun Headlines 2010

  • "I'd like a 'Jubilee'-style show, in the spirit of the' Ziegfeld Folies, 'but an updated, smarter use of showgirls," she said during an interview in the Crazy Horse theater lobby prior to Wednesday's premiere performance.

    Las Vegas Sun Stories: All Sun Headlines 2010

  • "I'd like a 'Jubilee'-style show, in the spirit of the' Ziegfeld Folies, 'but an updated, smarter use of showgirls," she said during an interview in the Crazy Horse theater lobby prior to Wednesday's premiere performance.

    Las Vegas Sun Stories: All Sun Headlines 2010

  • "I'd like a 'Jubilee'-style show, in the spirit of the' Ziegfeld Folies, 'but an updated, smarter use of showgirls," she said during an interview in the Crazy Horse theater lobby prior to Wednesday's premiere performance.

    Las Vegas Sun Stories: All Sun Headlines 2010

  • The Year of Jubilee is “the year of judgment when the last trumpet is heard from God and God’s people are set free from their earthly bondage,” he added.

    ‘Messiah’ back in jail; Followers awaiting deliverance by God from their “earthly life” 2008

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