The corpus record — Latin

jūbĭlaeus

jūbĭlaeus · m

the year of jubilee among the Jews

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What it meant

jūbĭlaeus — Lewis & Short

jūbĭlaeus (jūbĕlaeus; jŭb-, incorrectly), i, m.i)wbhlai=os; 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.

Where it came from

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