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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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