jubilee

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Among the incidents of her jubilee was the greatest naval demonstration ever known.

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  1. noun A specially celebrated anniversary, especially a 50th anniversary.
  2. noun The celebration of such an anniversary.
  3. noun A season or an occasion of joyful celebration.

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  1. Middle English jubile, from Old French, from Late Latin iūbilaeus, the Jewish year of jubilee, alteration (influenced by iūbilāre, to raise a shout of joy) of Greek iōbēlaios, from iōbēlos, from Hebrew yôbēl, ram, ram's horn, jubilee; see ybl in Semitic roots.

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  1. from Middle English jubilee, jubile, from Old French jubile, French jubilé = Provencal jubileu = Spanish jubileo = Portuguese jubileo, jubileu = Italian giubilio, giubileo, giubbileo, jubileo = Dutch jubileum = German jubiläum (jubel-jahr) = Danish jubilæum = Swedish jubileum = Russian iubileŭ, from Late Latin jubilæus, the jubilee year, properly adjective (sc. annus), of the jubilee, from Hebrew yōbēl, a blast of a trumpet, a shout of joy, the year of jubilee announced by a blast of the trumpet. Note that jubilee is of Hebrew origin, and has no connection with the L. jubilum, a wild cry, Middle Latin jubilus, a cry of joy, Latin jubilare, shout for joy, whence English jubilant, jubilate, etc. The words have been more or less confused in English and Roman
 

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/ˈdʒubɪli/
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