3 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Anniversary \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.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Anniversary \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.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
anniversary
n : the date on which an event occurred in some previous year
[syn: {day of remembrance}]
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