Jubilee
Monarch's milestone bash
A jubilee is a special anniversary celebration, typically marking 25, 50, or 75 years.
The word carries a sense of joyful commemoration: The queen's golden jubilee drew millions to the streets.
In Jewish tradition, a jubilee was a year of emancipation and restoration occurring every fifty years, when slaves were freed and lands returned to original owners.
This sense of release and celebration persists in modern usage, where jubilee suggests festivity and collective rejoicing.
Recurring memorial date
- festivityCelebratory occasion or mood
- commemorationAct of honoring memory
- revelryNoisy, lively celebration
- galaFestive formal occasion
pageant · parade · banquet · fireworks · fanfare · merriment · carnival · festival
Hebrew scripture of rituals
- sabbaticalExtended leave from work
- forgivenessReleasing resentment toward offenders
- liberationRelease from constraint
- emancipationRelease from legal bondage
restoration · redemption · shofar · trumpet · freedom · debt release · bondage · Israelite
Ceremony installing a sovereign
- monarchHereditary supreme ruler
- queenMost powerful chess piece
- sovereignSupreme in power
- reignSovereign's time in power
throne · palace · crown · Elizabeth · Victoria · platinum · diamond · golden
Notable event marking progress
- goldenBright yellow, or precious
- silverLustrous white precious metal
- diamondCrystallized carbon gemstone
- platinumDense precious silvery metal
ruby · sapphire · emerald · fiftieth · twenty-fifth · sixtieth · seventieth · centenary
anniversary
Recurring memorial date
- festivityCelebratory occasion or mood
- commemorationAct of honoring memory
- revelryNoisy, lively celebration
gala · pageant · parade · banquet · fireworks · fanfare · merriment · carnival · festival · procession
Leviticus
Hebrew scripture of rituals
- sabbaticalExtended leave from work
- forgivenessReleasing resentment toward offenders
- liberationRelease from constraint
emancipation · restoration · redemption · shofar · trumpet · freedom · debt release · bondage · Israelite · covenant
coronation
Ceremony installing a sovereign
reign · throne · palace · crown · Elizabeth · Victoria · platinum · diamond · golden · silver
milestone
Notable event marking progress
- goldenBright yellow, or precious
- silverLustrous white precious metal
- diamondCrystallized carbon gemstone
platinum · ruby · sapphire · emerald · fiftieth · twenty-fifth · sixtieth · seventieth · centenary · commemorative
indulgence
Yielding to desire
- pilgrimageReligious journey to shrine
- holy yearDesignated period for pilgrimage
- VaticanPapal city-state
papal · Rome · absolution · penance · blessing · spiritual · sacred · devotion · pardon · grace
- holidaysChristmas, Easter, Thanksgiving, Halloween, Valentine's Day
- cherriescherry, cherries, Rainier, maraschino cherry, dried cherries
- superheroesSuperman, Batman, Spider-Man, Wonder Woman, Thor
- SuperheroinesWonder Woman, Supergirl, Batgirl, She-Hulk, Invisible Woman
- Illinois placesSpringfield, Champaign, Urbana, Bloomington, Normal
- Sacred EventsChristmas, Easter, Lent, Advent, Pentecost
Jubileemourning
Period following loss
lamentation · funeral · grief · dirge · wake
Jubileeordinary day
Uneventful twenty-four hours
routine · everyday life · mundane · workaday · business as usual
Jubileedebt bondage
Coerced labor repaying loans
enslavement · indentured servitude · debtors' prison · bondage · servitude
- silver jubileeTwenty-five year milestone
- diamond jubileeSixtieth anniversary milestone
- golden jubileeFiftieth anniversary commemoration
- jubilee yearCommemorative milestone occasion
- cherries jubileeFlambéed fruit over ice cream
- platinum jubileeSeventieth anniversary of reign
jubilant, jubilation, jubilantly, jubilees, jubilate, jubilations, jubilee year