A time for release or restitution.
A special year (originally held every hundred years, then at more frequent intervals, and now declarable by the Pope at any time and also for periods less than a year) in which plenary indulgences and remission from sin can be granted upon making a pilgrimage to Rome or other designated churches.
A special year of emancipation supposed to be observed every fifty years, when farming was temporarily stopped, certain houses and land which had been sold could be redeemed by the original owners or their relatives, and Hebrew slaves set free.
Exultation, rejoicing; jubilation.
A joyful African-American (usually Christian) folk song.
A time of celebration or rejoicing.
A major anniversary of an event, particularly the fiftieth (50th) anniversary of a coronation or marriage.
The sound of celebration or rejoicing; shouts of joy.