1. The third Sunday after Easter; -- so called because the introit is
the 66th Psalm, which, in the Latin version, begins with the words,
"Jubilate Deo."
2. A name of the 100th Psalm; -- so called from its opening word in the
Latin version.
Ju"bi*late (?), v. i. [L. jubilatus, p. p. of jubilare.] To exult; to
rejoice. [R.] De Quincey.
Ju`bi*la"tion (?), n. [L. jubilatio: cf. F. jubilation.] A triumphant
shouting; rejoicing; exultation. "Jubilations and hallelujahs." South.
Ju"bi*lee (?), n. [F. jubilé, L. jubilaeus, Gr. &?;, fr. Heb. y&?;bel
the blast of a trumpet, also the grand sabbatical year, which was
announced by sound of trumpet.]
1. (Jewish Hist.) Every fiftieth year, being the year following the
completion of each seventh sabbath of years, at which time all the
slaves of Hebrew blood were liberated, and all lands which had been
alienated during the whole period reverted to their former owners. [In
this sense spelled also, in some English Bibles, jubile.] Lev. xxv.
8-17.
2. The joyful commemoration held on the fiftieth anniversary of any
event; as, the jubilee of Queen Victoria's reign; the jubilee of the
American Board of Missions.
3. (R. C. Ch.) A church solemnity or ceremony celebrated at Rome, at
stated intervals, originally of one hundred years, but latterly of
twenty-five; a plenary and extraordinary indulgence granted by the
sovereign pontiff to the universal church. One invariable condition of
granting this indulgence is the confession of sins and receiving of the
eucharist.