单词 | jubilee |
释义 | jubilee n.   1. a time or season of rejoicing.   2. an anniversary, esp. the 25th or 50th.   3. Jewish Hist. a year of emancipation and restoration, kept every 50 years.   4. RC Ch. a period of remission from the penal consequences of sin, granted under certain conditions for a year usu. at intervals of 25 years.   5. exultant joy. Etymology: ME f. OF jubil{eacute} f. LL jubilaeus (annus) (year) of jubilee ult. f. Heb. yobel, orig. = ram, ram's-horn trumpet |
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