jubilee
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Synonyms: jubile
Antonyms: jubile
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Noun
- {{lb|en|countable|[[Jewish#Adjective|Jewish]]|_|history}} A [[special#Adjective|special]] [[year]] of [[emancipation]] [[suppose]]d to be [[observe]]d every [[fifty]] years, when [[farming#Noun|farming]] was [[temporarily]] [[stop#Verb|stopped]], certain [[house#Noun|houses]] and [[land#Noun|land]] which had been [[sell#Verb|sold]] could be [[redeem]]ed by the [[original#Adjective|original]] [[owner]]s or their [[relative#Noun|relatives]], and [[Hebrew#Adjective|Hebrew]] [[slave#Noun|slaves]] [[set free]]. {{defdate|from late 14th c.}}
- {{lb|en|countable|by extension}}
- {{lb|en|figuratively}}
- {{lb|en|countable|obsolete}}
Proper noun
- {{lb|en|rail transport}} A [[London Underground]] [[line#Noun|line]] which [[run#Verb|runs]] between [[Stratford]] in [[East London]] and [[Stanmore]] in [[northwest]] [[London]], via the {{w|London Docklands}}, [[South Bank]], and [[West End]].
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