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Anniversary

Anniversary Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Anniversary? [n] the date on which an event occurred in some previous year Synonyms \| Synonyms for Anniversary: day of remembrance Related Terms \| Find terms related to Anniversary: Admission Day \| anniversaries \| annual holiday \| Arbor Day \| Armed Forces Day \| Armistice Day \| Army Day \| Bastille Day \| bicentenary \| bicentennial \| biennial \| birthday \| bissextile day \| celebrating \| celebration \| centenary \| centennial \| ceremony \| Colorado Day \| commemoration \| Constitution Day \| decennial \| Decoration Day \| Dewali \| diamond jubilee \| Discovery Day \| Double Ten \| dressing ship \| Easter Monday \| Election Day \| Empire Day \| Evacuation Day \| fanfare \| fanfaronade \| festivity \| Flag Day \| flourish of trumpets \| Foundation Day \| Fourth of July \| golden wedding anniversary \| Groundhog Day \| Halifax Day \| Halloween \| Holi \| holiday \| holy days \| Ides of March \| immovable feast \| jubilee \| Kuhio Day \| Labor Day \| leap year \| Lenin Memorial Day \| Loyalty Day \| marking the occasion \| Maryland Day \| May Day \| Mecklenburg Day \| Memorial Day \| memorialization \| memory \| Midsummer Day \| name day \| natal day \| National Aviation Day \| Navy Day \| Nevada Day \| observance \| octennial \| ovation \| Pan American Day \| Pascua Florida Day \| Pioneer Day \| quadrennial \| quasquicentennial \| quincentenary \| quincentennial \| quinquennial \| rejoicing \| religious rites \| remembrance \| Remembrance Day \| revel \| rite \| ritual observance \| Roosevelt Day \| salute \| salvo \| septennial \| sesquicentennial \| sextennial \| silver wedding anniversary \| solemn observance \| solemnization \| State Day \| tercentenary \| tercentennial \| testimonial \| testimonial banquet \| testimonial dinner \| Texas Independence Day \| toast \| tribute \| tricennial \| triennial \| triumph \| United Nations Day \| V-E Day \| Victory Day \| wedding anniversary \| West Virginia Day \| Wyoming Day See Also \| bicentenary \| bicentennial \| birthday \| centenary \| centennial \| day \| jubilee \| millennium \| quatercentenary \| quatercentennial \| quincentenary \| quincentennial \| tercentenary \| tercentennial \| triennial \| wedding anniversary Anniversary In Webster's Dictionary \An`niver"sary\, 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`niver"sary\, 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.

Anniversary Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Anniversary?

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

Synonyms | Synonyms for Anniversary: day of remembrance

Anniversary In Webster's Dictionary

\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.

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