"Jesus year" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: Jesus years [plural]
Etymology: Referencing the Christian religious leader Jesus Christ, who is traditionally said to have been killed and resurrected at the age of 33 (although this chronology is disputed). Head templates: {{en-noun}} Jesus year (plural Jesus years)
  1. The year of a person's life when they are 33 years old, said to coincide with achieving success and personal growth. Wikipedia link: Jesus Christ
    Sense id: en-Jesus_year-en-noun-Dz0itlPU Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "2012 April 6, Chris Koentges, Shelley Youngblut, “The rise of the Jesus Year”, in The Globe and Mail, Toronto, ON: The Woodbridge Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2022-05-24:",
          "text": "It's not insignificant that on the last day of her Jesus Year, Ms. Sundel ended her blog post by quoting Silicon Valley icon Steve Jobs, who consistently interrupted his business ventures to embark upon spiritual quests: \"You have to trust in something – your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever.\"",
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          "ref": "2022, Lou Perez, That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore: On the Death and Rebirth of Comedy, New York, N.Y., Nashville, T.N.: Bombardier Books, →ISBN, unnumbered page:",
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          "ref": "2023 April 20, Zak Jason, “My Balls-Out Quest to Achieve the Perfect Scrotum”, in Wired, San Francisco, Calif.: Condé Nast Publications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-11-24:",
          "text": "I could say it started when I turned 33—my Jesus year, the year I vowed to transcend anxiety and exhaustion and do my most important work, the year I would emerge from my cave of pandemic isolation and early parenthood and couples therapy as the second coming of myself.",
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          "ref": "2023 December 6, Sam Adams, “Taylor Swift Is Time’s Person of the Year, in Terrible News for Taylor Swift”, in Slate, New York, N.Y.: The Slate Group, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-12-07:",
          "text": "Instead, at age 33, Swift has had a “Jesus year” that has found her ascending to almost godlike heights, showcasing her catalog at Springsteen-like lengths and still leaving fans with plenty of surprise-song FOMO.",
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