2. A name of the 100th Psalm; — so called from its opening word in the Latin version.
JUBILATE
Ju"bi*late, v. i. Etym: [L. jubilatus, p. p. of jubilare.]
Defn: To exult; to rejoice. [R.] De Quincey.
JUBILATION
Ju`bi*la"tion, n. Etym: [L. jubilatio: cf. F. jubilation.]
Defn: A triumphant shouting; rejoicing; exultation. "Jubilations and hallelujahs." South.
JUBILEE Ju"bi*lee, n. Etym: [F. jubilé, L. jubilaeus, Gr. y the blast of a trumpet, also the grand sabbatical year, which was announced by sound of trumpet.]
1. (Jewish Hist.)
Defn: Every fiftieth year, being the year following the completion of each seventh sabbath of years, at which time all the slaves of Hebrew blood were liberated, and all lands which had been alienated during the whole period reverted to their former owners. [In this sense spelled also, in some English Bibles, jubile.] Lev. xxv. 8-17.
2. The joyful commemoration held on the fiftieth anniversary of any event; as, the jubilee of Queen Victoria's reign; the jubilee of the American Board of Missions.
3. (R. C. Ch.)