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a debt amnesty so radical the Bible scheduled it every fifty years.
means A jubilee is a special anniversary or season of celebration, often the 25th, 50th, or 60th year of something, marked by festivity and sometimes by forgiveness or release.
from From the Hebrew 'yobel,' the ram's-horn trumpet blasted to announce the sacred fiftieth year described in Leviticus — when debts were cancelled, slaves freed, and land returned to its original owners. The Hebrew passed into Greek and Latin, where it tangled happily with the unrelated Latin 'iubilare' (to shout for joy); the two words sound alike and share a mood, so the joyful sense crept in and stuck. By the time it reached English through Old French 'jubile,' the trumpet of release had become a byword for any grand celebratory milestone.
- biblical origin
- Leviticus ordered slaves freed and debts erased
- sound of it
- named for the yobel, a ram's horn blast
- royal version
- marks a monarch's 50th or 60th reigning year
- modern echo
- a 2000 campaign canceled poor nations' debt
golden jubilee of india — india's 50 years of independence celebrated in 1997 with national festivities
jubilee line london — london underground line opened in 1977 for queen elizabeth ii's silver jubilee