<B>jubbah, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a long, coatlike, outer garment with an open front and sleeves, worn by Moslems and Parsees. Also, <B>jibbah.</B> </DL>
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<B>jube, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a rood loft or the entire structure formed by the rood loft and rood screen in a church. </DL>
<A NAME="jubilance">
<B>jubilance, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the act or fact of rejoicing; great joy. </DL>
<A NAME="jubilancy">
<B>jubilancy, </B>noun. =jubilance.</DL>
<A NAME="jubilant">
<B>jubilant, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> expressing or showing joy; rejoicing; exulting. <BR> <I>Ex. People were jubilant when the war was over. Great organs surged through arches dim Their jubilant floods in praise of him (James Russell Lowell).</I> (SYN) joyful, exultant. adv. <B>jubilantly.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="jubilate">
<B>jubilate, </B>intransitive verb, <B>-lated,</B> <B>-lating.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> to shout for joy; rejoice; exult. </DL>
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<B>Jubilate, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the 100th Psalm in the Authorized Version or the 99th Psalm in the Douay Version of the Bible. <DD><B> 2. </B>a musical setting of this psalm. <DD><B> 3. </B>the third Sunday after Easter, when the 66th Psalm (65th in the Douay) is used as the introit. </DL>
<A NAME="jubilation">
<B>jubilation, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the act or fact of rejoicing. <DD><B> 2. </B>a joyful celebration. </DL>
<B>jubilee, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>an anniversary thought of as a time of rejoicing. A 25th anniversary is called a silver jubilee; a 50th, a golden jubilee. <DD><B> 2. </B>a time of rejoicing or great joy. <BR> <I>Ex. to hold a jubilee over a victory.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>rejoicing; great joy. <BR> <I>Ex. a day of jubilee. They passed on ... singing hymns of jubilee (Washington Irving).</I> <DD><B> 4. </B>(in the Roman Catholic Church) a year in which punishment for sin is remitted, after repentance and the performance of certain acts. Since the 1400's, jubilees have been proclaimed every 25 years. <DD><B> 5. </B>(in Jewish history) a year of emancipation, to be celebrated every 50th year by not cultivating the fields, by setting Hebrew slaves free, and by restoring lands taken from their owners (in the Bible, Leviticus 25). </DL>
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<B>juco, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (U.S. Informal.) a junior college. </DL>
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<B>Jud.,</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>(in the Bible) Judges. <DD><B> 2. </B>(in the Apocrypha) Judith. </DL>
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<B>J.U.D.,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> Doctor of both Canon and Civil Law (Latin, <I>Juris utriusque Doctor</I>). </DL>
<B>Judah, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the fourth son of Jacob, and ancestor of the tribe of Judah (in the Bible, Genesis 29:35). <DD><B> 2. </B>the most powerful of the twelve tribes of Israel (in the Bible, Numbers 26:19-22). <DD><B> 3. </B>an ancient Hebrew kingdom in southern Palestine, made up of the tribes of Judah and Benjamin. Jerusalem was its capital. </DL>
<A NAME="judaic">
<B>Judaic, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or having to do with the Jews or Judaism; Jewish. </DL>
<A NAME="judaica">
<B>Judaica, </B>noun pl.<DL COMPACT><DD> books, documents, art objects, and other cultural artifacts, having to do with Jewish life or Jewish history. </DL>
<A NAME="judaism">
<B>Judaism, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the religion of the Jews, based on the teachings of Moses and the prophets as found in the Old Testament, and on the interpretations of the rabbis. Judaism teaches belief in the same God as Christianity, but holds that the Messiah is still to come. <BR> <I>Ex. The great prophets of Israel made the search for justice the heart of Judaism Ogburn and Nimkoff).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>the observance of this religion or of Jewish rules, customs, and traditions. <DD><B> 3. </B>the culture, religion, history, language, and civilization of the Jewish people. <DD><B> 4. </B>Jews as a group. </DL>
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<B>Judaist, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>an adherent of Judaism. <DD><B> 2. </B>a Jewish Christian in the early church who followed or advocated Jewish rites or practices. </DL>
<A NAME="judaistic">
<B>Judaistic, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or having to do with Judaism or Judaists. <BR> <I>Ex. The Essenes, ... though they possessed certain doctrines and followed certain practices of their own, were still basically Judaistic (New Yorker).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="judaize">
<B>Judaize, </B>verb, <B>-ized,</B> <B>-izing.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><I>v.i. </I> to conform to Jewish usages or ideas. <DD><I>v.t. </I> to cause to conform to Jewish usages or ideas. noun <B>Judaization.</B> noun <B>Judaizer.</B> </DL>
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<B>Judas, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>Judas Iscariot, the disciple who betrayed Jesus Christ for money (in the Bible, Matthew 26:14-50). <DD><B> 2. </B>a person treacherous enough to betray a friend; an utter traitor. <BR> <I>Ex. Three Judases, each one thrice worse than Judas (Shakespeare).</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>Jude, or Saint Judas, one of the Apostles (not Iscariot); Thaddaeus (in the Bible, Luke 6:16). <DD><B> 4. </B>a relative of Jesus (in the Bible, Matthew 13:55, where he is included, with James and Simon, among the "brethren" of Jesus). </DL>
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<B>Judas goat,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a goat used to lead sheep to slaughter. </DL>
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<B>Judas</B> or <B>judas hole,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a small opening in a door, especially in a prison cell, through which a person can look without being seen from the other side; peephole. </DL>
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<B>Judas kiss,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> an act that appears friendly but is not; kiss of death. </DL>
<A NAME="judasthorn">
<B>Judas thorn,</B> =Judas tree.</DL>
<A NAME="judastree">
<B>Judas tree,</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a shrub or small tree of the pea family native to western Asia and southern Europe, having white or purplish flowers before the leaves come out. <DD><B> 2. </B>any related tree, such as the redbud; cercis. </DL>
<A NAME="judaswindow">
<B>Judas window,</B> =Judas hole.</DL>
<A NAME="judder">
<B>judder, </B>verb, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>v.i. </I> to jerk and shudder. <BR> <I>Ex. The drum must run perfectly true and not judder at its circumference (New Scientist). His Jaguar ... judders to a stop, he pulls up the handbrake (Punch).</I> <DD><I>noun </I> a juddering. </DL>
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<B>Jude, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>one of the twelve Apostles chosen by Jesus; Saint Judas; Thaddaeus. <DD><B> 2. </B>a book of the New Testament. <DD><B> 3. </B>the author of this book, probably the relative of Jesus referred to in Matthew 13:55. </DL>
<A NAME="judean">
<B>Judean, </B>adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>adj. </I> <B>1. </B>Judea. <DD><B> 2. </B>of the Jews. <DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>a native or inhabitant of Judea. <DD><B> 2. </B>a Jew. Also, <B>Judaean.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="judenrat">
<B>Judenrat, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (German.) a Jewish council appointed by the Nazis to represent Jews in a ghetto of an occupied territory. </DL>
<A NAME="judeochristian">
<B>Judeo-Christian, </B>adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>adj. </I> both Jewish and Christian, common to Judaism and Christianity. <BR> <I>Ex. the Judeo-Christian tradition. The celebrated new chapel with its seventeen spires seems less Judeo-Christian than a sacred shrine of aerospace (Harper's).</I> <DD><I>noun </I> a person who affirms or believes in the teachings and beliefs common to Judaism and Christianity. Also, <B>Judaeo-Christian.</B> </DL>
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<B>Judeo-Christianity, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the concepts and tenets common to Judaism and Christianity; Judeo-Christian teachings and beliefs. <BR> <I>Ex. On the face of the record, Judeo-Christianity did more to promote the growth of freedom than did any other of the higher religions (Harper's).</I> <DL COMPACT><DD> Also, <B>Judaeo-Christianity.</B> </DL>
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<A NAME="judeospanish">
<B>Judeo-Spanish, </B>noun. =Ladino.</DL>
<A NAME="judg">
<B>Judg.,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (in the Bible) Judges </DL>
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<B>judge, </B>noun, verb, <B>judged,</B> <B>judging.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>a public official appointed or elected to hear and decide cases in a law court. <BR> <I>Ex. The judge sentenced the speeding driver to pay a fine and hear a lecture on dangerous driving.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>a person chosen to settle a dispute or to decide who wins a race or contest. <BR> <I>Ex. Sole judge of truth (Alexander Pope).</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>a person who can decide on how good a thing is. <BR> <I>Ex. a good judge of dogs, a judge of character, a poor judge of poetry.</I> <DD><B> 4. </B>a ruler in ancient Israel, before the time of the kings. <DD><I>v.t. </I> <B>1a. </B>to hear and decide (cases) in a law court. <BR> <I>Ex. The court was unable to judge the case before all the evidence was put before it.</I> <DD><B> b. </B>to decree; order. <DD><B> 2. </B>to settle (a dispute); decide on (in a contest). <BR> <I>Ex. The officials of the boys' club judged the races and other sporting events.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>to make up one's mind about; form an opinion or estimate about. <BR> <I>Ex. to judge the merits of a book, to judge a man innocent until proven guilty.</I> <DD><B> 4. </B>to think; suppose; conclude; <BR> <I>Ex. I judged that you had forgotten to come. Tomorrow, then, I judge a happy day (Shakespeare).</I> (SYN) deem, regard, consider. <DD><B> 5. </B>to criticize; blame. <BR> <I>Ex. You had little cause to judge him so harshly. Judge not, that ye be not judged (Matthew 7:1).</I> (SYN) condemn. <DD><B> 6. </B>to govern, as one of the judges of ancient Israel. <DD><I>v.i. </I> <B>1. </B>to act as judge. <BR> <I>Ex. God must judge 'twixt man and me (Robert Browning).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>to make up one's mind; form an opinion or estimate. adj. <B>judgelike.</B> noun <B>judger.</B> </DL>
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<B>judge advocate,</B> pl. <B>judge advocates</B> or <B>judges advocate.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>(U.S.) an officer who acts as a prosecutor at a court-martial. <DD><B> 2. </B>(British.) a person appointed to manage the proceedings of a court-martial and to advise it on points of law. (Abbr:) JA (no periods) or J.A. </DL>
