| 单词 | diamond jubilee |
| 释义 | > as lemmasdiamond jubilee a. The fiftieth anniversary of an event; the celebration of the completion of fifty years of reign, of activity, or continuance in any business, occupation, rank or condition. silver jubilee (after silver wedding), a name for the celebration for the twenty-fifth anniversary; so diamond jubilee, applied to the celebration of the sixtieth year of the reign of Queen Victoria. ΘΚΠ the world > time > particular time > an anniversary > [noun] > specific anniversaries jubileec1386 quinquagenary1588 centenary1661 millennium1664 secular1706 coming of age1788 centennial1791 tricentenary1846 tercentenary1855 quinquennial1857 ter-millenary1864 sexcentenary1865 semi-centenary1870 bicentenary1872 septcentenary1873 quincentenary1877 sesquicentennial1880 quadricentennial1882 bicentennial1883 quatercentenary1883 tricentennial1883 tercentennial1884 quincentennial1885 octocentenary1888 quadrennial1890 quingentenary1892 octingentenary1893 ruby anniversary1893 semi-jubilee1893 septingentenary1893 millennial1896 millenary1897 quadringenary1905 quingenary1911 bimillenary1961 sesquicentenary1961 quasquicentennial1962 nongenary1966 octocentennial1994 the world > time > particular time > an anniversary > [noun] > anniversary of specific things Gunpowder day1613 regnal day1877 Columbus Day1892 diamond jubilee1897 Victoria Day1901 Gallipoli Day1915 Sadie Hawkins1938 c1386 G. Chaucer Summoner's Tale 154 Our Sexteyn and oure ffermerer That han been trewe freres fifty yeer, They may now, god be thanked of his looue, Maken hir Iubilee and walke allone. 1548 H. Latimer Notable Serm. sig. B.viv Pamperyng of their paunches lyke a Monke that maketh his Jubilie. 1809 (title) Address to the Inhabitants of Great Britain and Ireland on the Jubilee. a1832 J. T. Graves Rom. & Canon Law in Encycl. Metrop. (1845) II. 753/1 In 1838, Huschke published..an offering on the occasion of Hugo's jubilee from the faculty of law at Breslau. 1853 T. De Quincey Autobiogr. Sketches in Select. Grave & Gay I. 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. 1861 C. Knight Pop. Hist. Eng. VII. xxix. 526 The 25th of October [1809] was celebrated throughout the Kingdom as ‘The Jubilee’—the fiftieth anniversary of the accession to the throne of George the Third. 1887 Whitaker's Almanack 551/1 Henry III completed his year of Jubilee Oct. 27, 1266; his great grandson, Edward III, Jan. 24th, 1377; and George III, Oct. 24th, 1810. 1887 Ld. Tennyson (title) The Jubilee of Queen Victoria. 1887 Queen Victoria in London Gaz. 25 June Suppl. The enthusiastic reception I met with..on the occasion of my Jubilee, has touched me most deeply. 1890 Post Card 16 May ‘Penny Postage Jubilee—1890. Guildhall, London’. 1897 G. B. Smith Life Q. Victoria xii. (Rtldg.) 169 The Royal Jubilee of 1887, and the Diamond Jubilee of 1897, will recall the memorable events of a memorable period in British history. 1898 Daily Tel. 19 July The Rev. Arthur Robins, rector of Holy Trinity, Windsor..celebrates his ‘silver jubilee’ in the Royal Borough to-day. 1898 Daily Tel. 20 July The Sports Club are entertaining W. G. Grace on the occasion of his jubilee [50th birthday]. < as lemmas |
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