anniversary

1. a. Returning with the year, at a stated time; annual; yearly; as, an anniversary feast. Source: opted

2. n. 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. Source: opted

3. n. 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. Source: opted

4. n. The celebration which takes place on an anniversary day. Source: opted

5. n. the date on which an event occurred in some previous year (or the celebration of it) Source: wordnet

6. 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.] 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. Source: webster

7. 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 annualmeetings of religious and benevolent societies are held in Boston andNew York. [Eastern U. S.] Source: adambom

8. n:100 n. the date on which an event occurred in some previous year (or the celebration of it) Source: ecdict

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