Year of Jubilee

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• Year of Jubilee (Hebrew) —     Year of Jubilee (Hebrew)     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Year of Jubilee (Hebrew)     According to the Pentateuchal legislation contained in Leviticus, a Jubilee year is the year that follows immediately seven successive Sabbatic years (the… …   Catholic encyclopedia

• SABBATICAL YEAR AND JUBILEE — (Heb. שְׁמִטָּה, shemittah; יוֹבֵל, yovel). According to the Bible, during the seventh year all land had to be fallow and debts were to be remitted (Ex. 23:10–11; Lev. 25:1–7, 18–22; Deut. 15:1–11). The close of seven sabbatical cycles instituted …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

• Holy Year of Jubilee — • Background information relating to the Jubilee Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Holy Year of Jubilee     Holy Year of Jubilee      …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Jubilee 2000 — was an international coalition movement in over 40 countries that called for cancellation of third world debt by the year 2000. This movement coincided with the Great Jubilee, the celebration of the year 2000 in the Catholic Church. From early… …   Wikipedia

• jubilee — ► NOUN 1) a special anniversary, especially one celebrating twenty five or fifty years of something. 2) Jewish History a year of emancipation and restoration, kept every fifty years. ORIGIN from Latin jubilaeus annus year of jubilee , from a… …   English terms dictionary

• Jubilee High — is a co educational 11 16 Foundation School in Addlestone, Surrey. The school holds Specialist Arts College status and International School status.HistoryIt was formerly called St Paul s Secondary Modern and later Abbeylands ( Scabbylands to… …   Wikipedia

• Jubilee (Christian) — The concept of the Jubilee is a special year of remission of sins and universal pardon. In the Biblical book of Leviticus, a Jubilee year is mentioned to occur every fifty years, in which slaves and prisoners would be freed, debts would be… …   Wikipedia

• Jubilee — There are multiple articles associated with the term Jubilee :Anniversaries and celebrationsJubilee is a historical term for a time of celebration or rejoicing. It is defined in Leviticus 25:9 as Yovel in Hebrew, as the sabbatical year after… …   Wikipedia

• Jubilee, Year of — ▪ religious celebration also called  Holy Year,         in the Roman Catholic church, a celebration that is observed on certain special occasions and for 1 year every 25 years, under certain conditions, when a special indulgence is granted to… …   Universalium

• jubilee — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French & Late Latin; Anglo French jubilé, from Late Latin jubilaeus, modification of Late Greek iōbēlaios, from Hebrew yōbhēl ram s horn, jubilee Date: 14th century 1. often capitalized a year of… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• jubilee — The celebration of every seventh year, and especially every fiftieth year, which was after 7 x 7. Jewish slaves were to be released and mortgaged land returned (Lev. 25:8–13, cf. Luke 4:18–19). This was more of an ideal than actual practice,… …   Dictionary of the Bible