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silver jubilee en · NOUN

Meanings

1. The silver anniversary of a coronation, the 25th anniversary of a monarch's rule.
2. (uncommon) Synonym of silver 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:
   • By 1922, when The Railway Magazine attained its Silver Jubilee, the railways were in the throes of grouping, the Act for which had been passed the previous year, and which came fully into force in 1923. 1957 July 14, M. D. Greville, “A Diamond Jubilee of Railway Memories”, in Railway Magazine, page 496:

Forms

Coordinates

75th) · ruby jubilee (40th) · golden jubilee (50th) · diamond jubilee (60th · platinum jubilee (70th)

Synonyms

silver anniversary more generally

Translations (11)

fr jubilé d'argent (25th anniversary of a coronation — see also silver anniversary) · sv silverjubileum (25th anniversary of a coronation — see also silver anniversary) · it giubileo d'argento (25th anniversary of a coronation — see also silver anniversary) · nb sølvjubileum (25th anniversary of a coronation — see also silver anniversary) · pt jubileu de prata (25th anniversary of a coronation — see also silver anniversary) · ta வெள்ளிவிழா (25th anniversary of a coronation — see also silver anniversary) · nl zilver jubileum (25th anniversary of a coronation — see also silver anniversary) · hi रजत जयंती (25th anniversary of a coronation — see also silver anniversary) · de Silberjubiläum (25th anniversary of a coronation — see also silver anniversary) · da sølvjubilæum (25th anniversary of a coronation — see also silver anniversary) · es jubileo de plata (25th anniversary of a coronation — see also silver anniversary)