[L. jūbilāte shout ye, the first word of the psalm.]
1. The hundredth psalm (ninety-ninth in the Vulgate), used as a canticle in the Anglican service; also, the music to which this is set.
1706. A. Bedford, Temple Mus., xi. 228. The Antient Tunes of the Te Deum, Jubilate [etc.].
1857. F. Procter, Hist. Bk. Com. Prayer, 226. Jubilate … ordered, together with the Te Deum, on the occasion of a solemn thanksgiving.
2. transf. A call to rejoice; an outburst of joyous triumph.
1767. H. Brooke, Fool of Qual. (1859), II. 244. They would speedily be with us in a joint jubilate on the banks of the Avon.
1856. Vaughan, Mystics (1860), I. 179. My heart sings jubilate thereat.
1877. Tinsley’s Mag., XXI. 422. Heaven’s grand courts with jubilates rang.
3. R. C. Ch. The third Sunday after Easter, so called because Ps. 66 (65 in Vulgate), which begins with Jubilate, is used as the introit on that day.
