noun
jūbĭlaeus
Meaning
- the year of jubilee among the Jews
jūbĭlaeus (jūbĕlaeus; jŭb-, incorrectly), i, m. ἰωβηλαῖος; Hebr. jōbēl,
I. the year of jubilee among the Jews, in which all slaves were set free and all lands reverted to their former possessors; it took place every fifty years: quinquagesimus annus Cum Jubilaeus adest, Arat. Act. Apost. 2, 677; Hier. in Isa. 16, 58, 6 sq.