*jub*

{ etc. } an anniversary celebrated upon the completion of sixty, or, according to some, seventy-five, years from the beginning of the event commemorated. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

{ n. Also . [ Hind. jubba, fr. Ar. jubbah. ] A long outer garment worn by both sexes of Muslims of the better class. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ Perh. corrupted fr. jug. ] A vessel for holding ale or wine; a jug. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. jubæ [ L., a mane. ] 1. (Zool.) The mane of an animal. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Bot.) A loose panicle, the axis of which falls to pieces, as in certain grasses. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A dance developed by slaves in the U. S., having a lively tune and accompanied by a complex rhythmic clapping, and by slapping the thighs. [ PJC ]

Wild crap-shooters with a whoop and a call
Danced the juba in their gambling-hall. Vachel Lindsay (The Congo). [ PJC ]

a. [ L. jubatus having a mane. ] (Zool.) Fringed with long, pendent hair. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ F. ] (Arch.) (a) A chancel screen or rood screen. (b) The gallery above such a screen, from which certain parts of the service were formerly read. See Rood loft, under Rood. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a feeling of extreme joy; jubilation.
Syn. -- exultation, jubilancy, jubilation. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. a feeling of extreme joy; jubilance; jubilation.
Syn. -- exultation, jubilance, jubilation. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ L. jubilans, -antis, p. pr. of jubilare to shout for joy: cf. F. jubilant. See Jubilate. ] Uttering songs of triumph; shouting with joy; triumphant; exulting. “The jubilant age.” Coleridge. [ 1913 Webster ]

While the bright pomp ascended jubilant. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a jubilant manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. jubilaire. ] Pertaining to, or having the character of, a jubilee. [ R. ] Bp. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L., imperat. of jubilare to shout for joy. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. 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.” [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A name of the 100th Psalm; -- so called from its opening word in the Latin version. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ L. jubilatus, p. p. of jubilare. ] To exult; to rejoice. [ R. ] De Quincey. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. jubilatio: cf. F. jubilation. ] A triumphant shouting; rejoicing; exultation. “Jubilations and hallelujahs.” South. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. jubilé, L. jubilaeus, Gr. &unr_;, fr. Heb. yōbel the blast of a trumpet, also the grand sabbatical year, which was announced by sound of trumpet. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. (Jewish Hist.) 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. [ In this sense spelled also, in some English Bibles, jubile. ] Lev. xxv. 8-17. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The joyful commemoration held on the fiftieth anniversary of any event; as, the jubilee of Queen Victoria's reign; the jubilee of the American Board of Missions. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (R. C. Ch.) 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 granted 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. A season of general joy. [ 1913 Webster ]

The town was all a jubilee of feasts. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. A state of joy or exultation. [ R. ] “In the jubilee of his spirits.” Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]