jubilee

«jubilee» in Mova's school dictionary: A special anniversary celebrating a number of years… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 3 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (jubilee, jubilees)

meaning for a pupil

1) A special anniversary celebrating a number of years, especially of a king's or queen's reign: a silver jubilee is 25 years, a golden jubilee 50, a diamond jubilee 60, a platinum jubilee 70. tree →

2) A time of great celebration and joy. tree →

3) (Bible) In the Old Testament, a special year every fiftieth year when slaves were set free, debts were cancelled and land was returned. tree →

4) (church) In the Catholic Church, a special holy year of pilgrimage and forgiveness. tree →

sense in the lessons

Common in the UK, Canada, Australia and New Zealand for royal celebrations with street parties, bunting and holidays. Schools, clubs and churches also hold jubilees for their anniversaries. In maths problems, a jubilee is a way of naming a number of years (golden = 50). Phrases: «silver jubilee», «golden jubilee», «diamond jubilee», «jubilee celebrations», «a jubilee street party».

examples

• Our street had a jubilee party with flags and cakes. tree →
• The school celebrated its golden jubilee with a big concert. tree →
• A silver jubilee marks twenty-five years. tree →
• The town planted trees for the Queen's jubilee. tree →
• Grandma kept a jubilee mug in the cupboard. tree →
• In the Bible, the year of jubilee was a time when debts were forgiven. tree →
• The church held a jubilee service to thank God for fifty years of the parish. tree →

note

Countable: a jubilee, jubilees. Stress: JOO-bi-lee. Numbers: silver = 25, golden = 50, diamond = 60, platinum = 70 years (not the same scheme as wedding anniversaries in every detail, but similar). Do not confuse with «jubilant» (very happy), though both come from joyful ideas.

In the corpora

• For it is a jubilee; it shall be holy unto you; ye shall eat the increase thereof out of the field.
• In this year of jubilee ye shall return every man unto his possession.
• If he sanctify his field from the year of jubilee, according to thy valuation it shall stand.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «jubilee» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.