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<hw>Ju`bi*la"te</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L., imperat. of <ets>jubilare</ets> to shout for joy.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>The third Sunday after Easter; -- so called because the introit is the 66th Psalm, which, in the Latin version, begins with the words, "Jubilate Deo."</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A name of the 100th Psalm; -- so called from its opening word in the Latin version.</def>

<h1>Jubilate</h1> <Xpage=803>

<hw>Ju"bi*late</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>jubilatus</ets>, <ets>p. p.</ets> of <ets>jubilare</ets>.]</ety> <def>To exult; to rejoice.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>De Quincey.</i>

<h1>Jubilation</h1> <Xpage=803>

<hw>Ju`bi*la"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>jubilatio</ets>: cf. F. <ets>jubilation</ets>.]</ety> <def>A triumphant shouting; rejoicing; exultation.</def> "<i>Jubilations</i> and hallelujahs."

<i>South.</i>

<h1>Jubilee</h1> <Xpage=803>

<hw>Ju"bi*lee</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>jubil\'82</ets>, L. <ets>jubilaeus</ets>, Gr. <?/, fr. Heb. <ets>y<?/bel</ets> the blast of a trumpet, also the grand sabbatical year, which was announced by sound of trumpet.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Jewish Hist.)</fld> <def>Every fiftieth year, being the year following the completion of each seventh sabbath of years, at which time all the slaves of Hebrew blood were liberated, and all lands which had been alienated during the whole period reverted to their former owners.</def> <altsp>[In this sense spelled also, in some English Bibles, <asp>jubile</asp>.]</altsp>

<i>Lev. xxv. 8-17.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The joyful commemoration held on the fiftieth anniversary of any event; <as>as, the <ex>jubilee</ex> of Queen Victoria's reign; the <ex>jubilee</ex> of the American Board of Missions.</as></def>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(R. C. Ch.)</fld> <def>A church solemnity or ceremony celebrated at Rome, at stated intervals, originally of one hundred years, but latterly of twenty-five; a plenary and extraordinary indulgence grated by the sovereign pontiff to the universal church. One invariable condition of granting this indulgence is the confession of sins and receiving of the eucharist.</def>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>A season of general joy.</def>

<blockquote>The town was all a <b>jubilee</b> of feasts. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>5.</b> <def>A state of joy or exultation.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark> "In the <i>jubilee</i> of his spirits."

<i>Sir W. Scott.</i>

<h1>Jucundity</h1> <Xpage=803>

<hw>Ju*cun"di*ty</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>jucunditas</ets>, from <ets>jucundus</ets>.]</ety> <def>Pleasantness; agreeableness. See <er>Jocundity</er>.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Sir T. Browne.</i>

<h1>Judahite</h1> <Xpage=803>

<hw>Ju"dah*ite</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One of the tribe of Judah; a member of the kingdom of Judah; a Jew.</def>

<i>Kitto.</i>

<h1>Judaic, Judaical</h1> <Xpage=803>

<hw><hw>Ju*da"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Ju*da"ic*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>Juda\'8bcus</ets>, fr. <ets>Judaea</ets>, the country Judea: cf. F. <ets>Juda\'8bque</ets>. See <er>Jew</er>.]</ety> <def>Of or pertaining to the Jews.</def> "The natural or <i>Judaical</i> [religion]."

<i>South.</i>

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