silver jubilee

Noun

silver jubilee (plural silver jubilees)

1. The silver anniversary of a coronation, the 25th anniversary of a monarch's rule.
2. (uncommon) Synonym of silver anniversary more generally.
   • 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
   • By 1922, when The Railway Magazine attained its Silver Jubilee, the railways were in the throes of grouping, the Act for which had been passed the previous year, and which came fully into force in 1923.1957 July, M. D. Greville, “A Diamond Jubilee of Railway Memories”, in Railway Magazine, page 496

   Synonyms:

   silver anniversary more generally