Definitions for jubileeˈdʒu bəˌli, ˌdʒu bəˈli

ju•bi•leeˈdʒu bəˌli, ˌdʒu bəˈli(n.)

the celebration of any of certain anniversaries, as the 25th, 50th, 60th, or 75th.
the completion of 50 years of existence, activity, or the like.
any season or occasion of rejoicing or festivity.
rejoicing or jubilation.
(in the Roman Catholic Church) Also called ju′bilee year′. an appointed year or other period, ordinarily every 25 years, in which a plenary indulgence is granted upon repentance and the performance of certain acts. the plenary indulgence granted.
Category: Religion
a yearlong period observed by Jews in ancient times every 50 years, during which Jewish slaves were freed, alienated lands restored to the original owner, and the fields left untilled. Lev. 25.
Category: Judaism
Ref: Compare sabbatical year (def. 2). 2
an African-American folk song concerned with future happiness or deliverance from tribulation.
Category: Music and Dance
(adj.)flambé:
cherries jubilee.
Category: Cooking

1350–1400; ME < MF jubile < LL jūbilaeus < LGk iōbēlaîos (with assimilation to L jūbilāre to shout for joy) 蠐 Heb yōbhēl ram's horn, jubilee

jubilee(Noun)
A special year of emancipation supposed to be kept every fifty years, when farming was abandoned and Hebrew slaves were set free.
jubilee(Noun)
A fiftieth anniversary.
jubilee(Noun)
A special year (originally held every hundred years, then fifty, and then fewer) in which remission from sin could be granted as well as indulgences upon making a pilgrimage to Rome.
jubilee(Noun)
A time of celebration or rejoicing.
jubilee(Noun)
A period of fifty years; a half-century.
Jubilee(Noun)
a year of rest, observed by the Israelites every 50 years
Jubilee(Noun)
a holy year when people are encouraged to make a pilgrimage to Rome

Origin: Ultimately from יובל, which was used for the proclamation of the year of Jubilee.

Jubilee(noun)
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(noun)
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(noun)
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(noun)
a season of general joy
Jubilee(noun)
a state of joy or exultation