silver jubilee

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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.
    • 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.

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