noun. the celebration of any of certain anniversaries, as the twenty-fifth (silver jubilee), fiftieth (golden jubilee), or sixtieth or seventy-fifth (diamond jubilee). the completion of 50 years of existence, activity, or the like, or its celebration: Our college will celebrate its jubilee next year.
The first British monarch to mark 50 years on the throne in a significant way was George III, followed by Queen Victoria. The Queen has had significant jubilee celebrations in 1977 (for her Silver Jubilee), 2002 (for her Golden Jubilee) and 2012 (for her Diamond Jubilee).
The next currently reigning monarch who would celebrate a platinum jubilee is Queen Elizabeth II in February 2022.
Jerusalem Talmud: Shevi'it (tractate) The sabbath year (shmita; Hebrew: ?????, literally "release"), also called the sabbatical year or shǝvi'it ( ??????, literally "seventh"), is the seventh year of the seven-year agricultural cycle mandated by the Torah for the Land of Israel and is observed in contemporary Judaism.
Yes. Until recently, some historians doubted a debt jubilee would have been possible in practice, or that such proclamations could have been enforced, says Michael Hudson, a US academic and author, in The Washington Post.
Yovel is the transliteration of the Hebrew word for Jubilee. The Jubilee is a biblical concept relating to the redistribution of wealth and liberation of slaves every 50 years.
The Jubilee (Hebrew: ???? yō?el; Yiddish: yoyvl) is the year at the end of seven cycles of shmita (Sabbatical years) and, according to Biblical regulations, had a special impact on the ownership and management of land in the Land of Israel.
Year of Jubilee, also called Holy Year, in the Roman Catholic Church, a celebration that is observed on certain special occasions and for 1 year every 25 years, under certain conditions, when a special indulgence is granted to members of the faith by the pope and confessors are given special faculties, including the
The Jubilee Bible is the only translation we know of that has each unique Hebrew word matched and mated with a unique English word so that the usage (number of occurrences and number of verses where the word occurs) sets forth a meaningful number pattern and a complete definition of what God means by each word.
The Jubilee ("Year of Release") deals largely with land, property, and property rights. The biblical rules concerning Sabbatical years are still observed by many religious Jews in Israel, but the regulations for the Jubilee year have not been observed for many centuries.
Year 5780 since the creation of the world, according to the traditional count. This year has 355 days, making it a full (????) year.
A platinum jubilee is a celebration held to mark an anniversary. The next level of celebration, an anniversary of 75 years, is called a Diamond Jubilee (the same term as for a 60-year anniversary). An anniversary of 100 years is simply called a centenary.
Book of Jubilees, also called the Little Genesis, pseudepigraphal work (not included in any canon of scripture), most notable for its chronological schema, by which events described in Genesis on through Exodus 12 are dated by jubilees of 49 years, each of which is composed of seven cycles of seven years.
Jubilee Debt Campaign (Drop The Debt) is a coalition of national organisations and local groups around the UK, calling for the unjust and unpayable debts of the poorest countries to be cancelled. It has also been known as Jubilee Debt Coalition and focuses on developing countries' debt.
The year 2012 marked the Diamond Jubilee of Elizabeth II being the 60th anniversary of the accession of Queen Elizabeth II on 6 February 1952. The only Diamond Jubilee celebration for any of Elizabeth's predecessors was in 1897, for the 60th anniversary of the 1837 accession of Queen Victoria.
