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golden jubilee en · NOUN

Meanings

1. The golden anniversary of a coronation, the 50th anniversary of a monarch's rule.
   • Many Days of Feasting and Jollity were spent in the Celebration of this golden Jubilee. 1752, W. Goodall, Adventures of Capain Greenland, volume II, page 53:
2. (uncommon) Synonym of golden anniversary more generally.
   • In Germany... a married couple, when celebrating the fiftieth anniversary of their marriage-day, are said to keep their golden jubilee; but on the twenty-fifth anniversary they have credit only for a silver jubilee. 1853, Thomas de Quincey, “Autobiographical Sketches”, in Selections Grave and Gay, volume I, page 133:
   • The true Golden Jubilee-year of the Marriage of the Lamb ariseth up among them. 1654, J. Böhme, translated by John Ellistone, Mysterium Magnum, page 280:

Forms

Coordinates

75th) · ruby jubilee (40th) · diamond jubilee (60th · platinum jubilee (70th) · silver jubilee (25th)

Synonyms

golden anniversary more generally

Translations (12)

fi kruunajaisten 50-vuotispäivä (50th anniversary of a coronation) · ta பொன்விழா (50th anniversary of a coronation) · hi स्वर्ण जयंती (50th anniversary of a coronation) · sv guldjubileum (50th anniversary of a coronation) · it giubileo d'oro (50th anniversary of a coronation) · da guldjubilæum (50th anniversary of a coronation) · nl gouden jubileum (50th anniversary of a coronation) · fr jubilé d'or (50th anniversary of a coronation) · nb gulljubileum (50th anniversary of a coronation) · es jubileo de oro (50th anniversary of a coronation) · de goldenes Jubiläum (50th anniversary of a coronation) · pt jubileu de ouro (50th anniversary of a coronation)