Definition, Meaning & Synonyms | English word JUBILEE
JUBILEE
Definitions of JUBILEE
- (countable, Jewishhistory) A special year of emancipation supposed to be observed every fifty years, when farming was temporarily stopped, certain houses and land which had been sold could be redeemed by the original owners or their relatives, and Hebrew slaves set free. [from late 14th c.]
- (countable, by extension)
- (figuratively)
- (countable, obsolete)
- (rail transport) A London Underground line which runs between Stratford in East London and Stanmore in northwest London, via the London Docklands, South Bank, and West End.
- Alternative letter-case form of jubilee. (“(Jewish history) special year of emancipation supposed to be observed every fifty years; (Roman Catholicism) special year in which plenary indulgences and remission from sin can be granted”)
Number of letters
7
Is palindrome
No
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