Jubilee

Jubilee

Noun · /ˈdʒuː.bɪ.liː/

Definition

A special anniversary of an event, especially a monarch's accession, with the 25th being a Silver Jubilee, 50th a Golden Jubilee, and 60th a Diamond Jubilee; in the Hebrew Bible, a year of emancipation and restoration occurring every fifty years.

Origin

From Old French jubilé, from Late Latin jubilaeus (the year of jubilee), from Hebrew yōbēl (ram's horn, the sound of the horn that proclaimed the jubilee year). The English word arrived via the Latin and French. Used in English from the 14th century.