Jubilee
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Jubilee is a year of celebration and forgiveness originally held every 50 years in both Judaism—see Jubilee (Biblical)—and Christianity—see Jubilee (Christian).
The term Jubilee has been extended to many types of celebration, including anniversaries such as:
- Silver Jubilees (25 years)
- Golden Jubilees (50 years)
- Diamond Jubilees (60 years)
- Platinum Jubilees (70 years)
In addition, Jubilee may refer to:
- Book of Jubilees, an apocryphal Hebrew text
- Jubilee (movement), an international organization dedicated to debt cancellations and poverty reduction
- Jubilee USA, the USA based arm of the Jubilee movement for debt cancellation and poverty reduction
- Jubilee Line, a London Underground metro system route
- LMS Jubilee Class, a class of steam locomotive
- Mobile Bay Jubilee, a natural phenomenon in the U.S. state of Alabama
- Jubilee (comics), a fictional character in the Marvel Universe
- Jubilee (Doctor Who audio), audio drama based on the television series
- Jubilee (musical), by Cole Porter
- Jubilee (album), by Grant Lee Buffalo
- Jubilee (1977 film)
- Jubilee (2000 film)
- Jubilee (novel), by Margaret Walker
- Jubilee (Summer Wine episode), an episode of Last of the Summer Wine.
- Jewbilee, an episode of South Park
