Jubilee

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For other uses, see Jubilee (disambiguation). Not to be confused with Jollibee.

A Jubilee is often used to refer to the celebration of a particular anniversary of an event, usually denoting the 25th, 40th, 50th, 60th, and the 70th anniversary. The term comes from the Hebrew bible, initially concerning a recurring religious observance involving a set number of years, that notably involved freeing of debt slaves. Emperors of ancient Rome customarily marked anniversaries of their rule with celebrations, although they did not use the term, jubilee. Nonetheless, the term came into English usage from the bible, together with customary celebration of a reign, and is now often used to denote the celebrations associated with the reign of monarchs after a milestone number of years have passed.

Religious usage

Main articles:
Jubilee (Christianity)

The Jubilee (

State of Israel, while the Jubilee has not been observed for many centuries, if at all (before the 'peshitto' era of the Vulgate-inspired bible). According to the Hebrew Bible
, every seventh year, farmers in the land of Israel are commanded to let their land lie fallow, and slaves were freed. The celebration of the Jubilee is the fiftieth year, that is, the year after seven Sabbatical cycles. Jubilee was to recognize that by tradition all property belongs to God, not the individual Jew. For the Jew, returning of possessions to God was/is a religious vow or dedication.

However, there is no evidence jubilee was ever observed in actual practice, and there is no mention of it in biblical writings from the First Temple times. Further, Rabbis tradition confirms that jubilee, or the Holiness Legislation or Code which it's sourced (H Source), was never observed during the Second Temple period. (The Jewish Study Bible, 2nd Edition, 2014. Pp. 237 - 256).

In Roman Catholic tradition, a Jubilee is a year of remission of sins and also the punishment due to sin.[1]

Terms for anniversaries

See also: Decennalia and List of jubilees of British monarchs

Following the model of

gemstones
:

See also

References

  1. ^ "Francis announces new global jubilee, the Holy Year of Mercy". National Catholic Reporter. 13 March 2015. Retrieved 23 August 2017.
  2. ^ a b "diamond jubilee in British English". collinsdictionary.com. HarperCollins. Collins English Dictionary. Retrieved 2023-04-18.
  3. ^ a b Wordsworth, Dot (2008-04-19). "Mind your language". The Spectator Archive. The Spectator (1828) Ltd. Archived from the original on 2023-04-18. Retrieved 2023-04-18.

External links

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