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jubilee

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The Jubilee (Hebrew יובל yūḇāl ) year 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 ; there is some debate whether ...

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES diamond jubilee golden jubilee ▪ the Queen’s golden jubilee celebrations silver jubilee ▪ the Queen’s Silver Jubilee COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ ADJECTIVE golden ▪ The highlight of Gibson's later years was the Polyethylenes ...

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
late 14c., in the Old Testament sense, from Old French jubileu "jubille; anniversary; rejoicing," from Late Latin jubilaeus "the jubilee year," originally an adjective, "of the jubilee," altered (by association with Latin jubilare "to shout with joy") from ...

Usage examples of jubilee.

The Jubilee Diamond, a superb 245-carat cushion of unearthly fire fashioned out of 650-carat rough - then the biggest of them all, a monstrous rough stone of 3,106 carats, the Cullinan which yielded not one, but two paragons.

If all precedents hold, the honeymoon promises to be a veritable jubilee of ejaculatio praecox.

Every moneyed fool that has gone into the game from the Marquis of Hastings down to the Jubilee Juggins has been obsessed with the same idea.

The Jubilee Juggins at his best was only an amateur spendthrift compared to this man.

James, get hold of Jubilee and that damned stick of his and prepare to lower Monsieur de la Mery over the side.

The survivors of this particular campaign recently signed an affidavit testifying to the mass kidnapping at their Fiftieth Jubilee of the Anzac Landing.

Angelo, implored the friendship of the king of Hungary at Naples, tempted the ambition of every bold adventurer, mingled at Rome with the pilgrims of the jubilee, lay concealed among the hermits of the Apennine, and wandered through the cities of Italy, Germany, and Bohemia.

Pender threw Flowers to Jubilee, a barrel-chested Pole who had the strength to contain half a dozen men, then turned to face Dunlop, his expression that of a man both confused and sorry.

Indeed, from this very hour until the eve of the Most Great Jubilee, each and every one of those enrolled in the Army of Light must seek no rest, must take no thought of self, must sacrifice to the uttermost, must allow nothing whatsoever to deflect him or her from meeting the pressing, the manifold, the paramount needs of this preeminent Crusade.

Bakerloo Line to Willesden Junction or the Jubilee to Willesden Green.

The Jubilee Diamond, a superb 245-carat cushion of unearthly fire fashioned out of 650-carat rough - then the biggest of them all, a monstrous rough stone of 3,106 carats, the Cullinan which yielded not one, but two paragons.

Some of the symptoms reminded me of the stir produced among the scullions of a large hotel, where a grand jubilee dinner is about to be given.

They went by the Jubilee Clock, just striking six, and back to Bali Hi.

Not one Family had boycotted the Jubilee, leaving the assembly without its full complement of votes.

Royal funerals, marriages, christenings, coronations, and jubilees interrupted traffic and stimulated trade everywhere.