jubilee year

noun

1. jubilee ( def 5a ).

Word History and Origins

Origin of jubilee year¹

Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400

Example Sentences

“You cannot think how busy we are in the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee year. Sixty years upon the greatest throne in human history! Royals will flock to the Palace from abroad and naturally bring their mice. Germans—the Liederkranzes and the Limburgs. And the Havartis from Denmark. A real infestation. Meals! Beds! And everyone so touchy about where they are seated at table.”

From Literature

Pope Francis is to inaugurate a Jubilee year by opening the basilica’s Holy Door at the beginning of 2025.

From Seattle Times

The move, linked to the upcoming 2025 Jubilee year, follows on from a similar initiative taken by the late Pope John Paul II for the 2000 Jubilee, and comes on the back of renewed concerns about the persecution of Christians around the world.

From Reuters

The portrait of Juan de Pareja astonished Rome in 1650 — a jubilee year, during which Velázquez signed the document that would make Pareja a free man.

From New York Times

His emphasis on the church being a merciful “field hospital” of welcome would long outlast the official jubilee year.

From Seattle Times