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Webster 1913 Edition

Anniversary

Anˊni-ver′sa-ry

,
Adj.
[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
,
Noun.
, 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.]

Anˊni-ver′sa-ry

,
Noun.
;
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.

Webster 1828 Edition

Anniversary

ANNIVERS'ARY

,
Adj.
[L. anniversarius, of annus, year, and verto, to turn.]
Returning with the year, at a stated time; annual; yearly; as an anniversary feast.

ANNIVERS'ARY

,
Noun.
1.
A stated day returning with the revolution of the year. The term is applied to a day on which some remarkable event is annually celebrated, or a day on which an interesting event is commemorated by solemnities of religion, or exhibitions of respect. In the Romish church, a day in which an office is yearly performed for the souls of the deceased.
2.
The act of celebration; performance in honor of an event.

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