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What is a jubilee?

What is a jubilee? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (Jewish historical) A special year of emancipation supposed to be kept every fifty years, when farming was abandoned and Hebrew slaves were set free. [from 14th c.]
  2. A 25th, 40th, 50th, 60th or 70th anniversary. [from 14th c.]
  3. (Catholicism) 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. [from 15th c.]
  4. A time of celebration or rejoicing. [from 16th c.]
  5. (obsolete) A period of fifty years; a half-century. [17th-18th c.]
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If you have nothing planned to celebrate the jubilee try to go along for a great day out.
Eileen and Paddy King celebrated their golden wedding jubilee in Scunthorpe, England yesterday, Monday.
The same claim can be made about the recent celebrations of the golden jubilee of the Queen's accession to the throne.
Skipton's Hard of Hearing Club celebrated its 25th anniversary with a jubilee party in the Christ Church Parochial Hall.
Mary Teresa and John have a family of seven and they will celebrate their golden wedding jubilee in October.
The archway will be based upon a structure that was put up in Churchgate to mark Queen Victoria's jubilee.

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