golden jubilee

English

Noun

golden jubilee (plural golden jubilees)

1. The golden anniversary of a coronation, the 50th anniversary of a monarch's rule.
   • 1752, W. Goodall, Adventures of Capain Greenland, volume II, page 53:

     Many Days of Feasting and Jollity were spent in the Celebration of this golden Jubilee.

2. (uncommon) Synonym of golden anniversary more generally.
   • 1654, J. Böhme, translated by John Ellistone, Mysterium Magnum, page 280:

     The true Golden Jubilee-year of the Marriage of the Lamb ariseth up among them.

   • 1853, Thomas de Quincey, “Autobiographical Sketches”, in Selections Grave and Gay, volume I, page 133:

     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.

Coordinate terms

• silver jubilee (25th)
• ruby jubilee (40th)
• diamond jubilee (60th/75th)
• platinum jubilee (70th)

Translations

50th anniversary of a coronation

• Danish: guldjubilæum n
• Finnish: kruunajaisten 50-vuotispäivä
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: gulljubileum n

50th anniversary of a wedding — see golden anniversary