For other uses, see Jubilee (disambiguation). Not to be confused with Jollibee.

A jubilee is a particular anniversary of an event, usually denoting the 25th, 40th, 50th, 60th, and the 70th anniversary. The term is often now used to denote the celebrations associated with the reign of a monarch after a milestone number of years have passed.

Religious usage

The Jubilee (Hebrew: יובל yovel) year (every 50th year) and the Sabbatical year (every seventh year) are Biblical commandments concerning ownership of land and slaves. The laws concerning the Sabbatical year are still observed by many religious Jews in the State of Israel, while the Jubilee has not been observed for many centuries, if at all (before the 'peshitto' era of the Vulgate-inspired bible). According to the Hebrew Bible, every seventh year, farmers in the land of Israel are commanded to let their land lie fallow, and slaves were freed. The celebration of the Jubilee is the fiftieth year, that is, the year after seven Sabbatical cycles. Jubilee was to recognize that by tradition all property belongs to God, not the individual Jew. For the Jew, returning of possessions to God was/is a religious vow or dedication.

However, there is no evidence jubilee was ever observed in actual practice, and there is no mention of it in biblical writings from the First Temple times. Further, Rabbis tradition confirms that jubilee, or the Holiness Legislation or Code which it's sourced (H Source), was never observed during the Second Temple period. (The Jewish Study Bible, 2nd Edition, 2014. Pp. 237 - 256).

In Roman Catholic tradition, a Jubilee is a year of remission of sins and also the punishment due to sin.[1]

Terms for anniversaries

Following the model of Augustus, the Roman emperors typically celebrated major jubilees on the 10th years of their reigns. The decennalia marked the 10th year, the vicennalia the 20th, and—in the case of Constantine the Great—the tricennalia the 30th. Smaller festivals sometimes occurred on the 5th years between these. For modern monarchs, the dates are typically connected with precious metals and gemstones:

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Francis announces new global jubilee, the Holy Year of Mercy". National Catholic Reporter. 13 March 2015. Retrieved 23 August 2017.
  2. 1 2 "diamond jubilee in British English". collinsdictionary.com. HarperCollins. Collins English Dictionary. Retrieved 2023-04-18.
  3. 1 2 Wordsworth, Dot (2008-04-19). "Mind your language". The Spectator Archive. The Spectator (1828) Ltd. Archived from the original on 2023-04-18. Retrieved 2023-04-18.
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