golden jubilee

Noun

golden jubilee (plural golden jubilees)

1. The golden anniversary of a coronation, the 50th anniversary of a monarch's rule.
   • Many Days of Feasting and Jollity were spent in the Celebration of this golden Jubilee.1752, W. Goodall, Adventures of Capain Greenland, volume II, page 53
2. (uncommon) Synonym of golden anniversary more generally.
   • The true Golden Jubilee-year of the Marriage of the Lamb ariseth up among them.1654, J. Böhme, translated by John Ellistone, Mysterium Magnum, page 280
   • In Germany... a married couple, when celebrating the fiftieth anniversary of their marriage-day, are said to keep their golden jubilee; but on the twenty-fifth anniversary they have credit only for a silver jubilee.1853, Thomas de Quincey, “Autobiographical Sketches”, in Selections Grave and Gay, volume I, page 133

   Synonyms:

   golden anniversary more generally