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jubilee
noun
- Jewish History a year-long celebration held every fifty years in which all bondmen were freed, mortgaged lands were restored to the original owners, and land was left fallow: Lev. 25:8-17
- an anniversary, esp. a 50th or 25th anniversary
- a celebration of this
- a time or occasion of rejoicing
- jubilation; rejoicing
- R.C.Ch. a year proclaimed as a solemn time for gaining a plenary indulgence and for receiving absolution, on certain conditions: an occurs every twenty-five years
See jubilee in American Heritage Dictionary 4
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