silver jubilee

English

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.
   • 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

• ruby jubilee (40th)
• golden jubilee (50th)
• diamond jubilee (60th/75th)
• platinum jubilee (70th)

Translations

25th anniversary of a coronation — see also silver anniversary

• Danish: sølvjubilæum n
• German: Silberjubiläum n
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: sølvjubileum n

References

• “silver, n. and adj.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2022.