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Jubilate

//ˈd͡ʒuːbɪleɪt// name, noun, verb

Definitions

Proper Noun

1
The third Sunday after Easter.

Noun

1
the hundredth psalm (ninety-ninth in the Vulgate); the music to which it is set. uncountable
2
A call to rejoice, outburst of joyous triumph. broadly, countable
"They […] would ſpeedily be with us in a joint jubilate on the banks of the Avon."

Verb

1
To show elation or triumph; to rejoice.
2
to express great joy wordnet
3
celebrate a jubilee wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

Either a back-formation from jubilation, or borrowed from Latin iūbilātus, perfect passive participle of iubilō (“to shout for joy”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix).

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Ecclesiastical Latin jūbilāte (“rejoice!, shout ye!”), second-person plural present active imperative of jūbilō, the first word of the psalm in Latin.

Etymology 3

So called because the church service began on that day with the 66th Psalm, "Jubilate Deo".

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