Jubilee

/dʒuːbɪˈliː/ noun

(Jewish history) A special year of emancipation supposed to be kept every fifty years, when farming was abandoned and Hebrew slaves were set free.

Meaning

  1. (noun) (Jewish history) A special year of emancipation supposed to be kept every fifty years, when farming was abandoned and Hebrew slaves were set free.
  2. (noun) A 25th, 40th, 50th, 60th or 70th anniversary.
  3. (noun) A special year (originally held every hundred years, then fifty, and then fewer) in which remission from sin could be granted as well as indulgences upon making a pilgrimage to Rome.
  4. (noun) A time of celebration or rejoicing.
  5. (noun) An occasion of mass manumission from slavery.
  6. (noun) A period of fifty years; a half-century.

Letter breakdown

  • Jubilee contains 7 letters: 4 vowel(s) and 3 consonant(s).
  • It uses 6 unique letters.
  • Estimated syllable count: 2.
  • Scrabble-style letter score: 16.

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What does Jubilee mean?

(Jewish history) A special year of emancipation supposed to be kept every fifty years, when farming was abandoned and Hebrew slaves were set free.

How many letters are in Jubilee?

Jubilee has 7 letters.

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