Definitions for: Anniversary


[n] the date on which an event occurred in some previous year



Webster (1913) Definition: An`ni*ver"sa*ry, a. [L. anniversarius; annus year
+ vertere, versum, to turn: cf. F. anniversaire.]
Returning with the year, at a stated time; annual; yearly;
as, an anniversary feast.

Anniversary day (R. C. Ch.). See Anniversary, n., 2.

Anniversary week, that week in the year in which the annual
meetings of religious and benevolent societies are held in
Boston and New York. [Eastern U. S.]


An`ni*ver"sa*ry, n.; pl. Anniversaries. [Cf. F.
anniversaire.]
1. The annual return of the day on which any notable event
took place, or is wont to be celebrated; as, the
anniversary of the Declaration of Independence.

2. (R. C. Ch.) The day on which Mass is said yearly for the
soul of a deceased person; the commemoration of some
sacred event, as the dedication of a church or the
consecration of a pope.

3. The celebration which takes place on an anniversary day.
--Dryden.

Synonyms: day of remembrance

See Also: bicentenary, bicentennial, birthday, centenary, centennial, day, jubilee, millennium, quatercentenary, quatercentennial, quincentenary, quincentennial, tercentenary, tercentennial, triennial, wedding anniversary

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