Word of the Day - jubilee

jubilee

/ˈdʒuːbɪliː/ [joo-bih-lee]
noun
1 A special anniversary of an event, especially one celebrating twenty-five or fifty years of a reign or activity.
2 Judaism - A year of emancipation and restoration, kept every fifty years.
3 A period of remission from the penal consequences of sin, granted by
the Roman Catholic Church under certain conditions for a year, usually
at intervals of twenty-five years.

Origin
Late Middle English from Old French jubile, from late Latin jubilaeus (annus) ‘(year) of
jubilee’, based on Hebrew yōḇēl, originally ‘ram's-horn trumpet’, with
which the jubilee year was proclaimed.

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Joe, Jerry and Jubal joined jubilantly. if somewhat raucously, the judge's jubilee, twenty-five years on the bench (and on the wagon). They, themselves, did not hold back from a stout drink.