ANNIVERSARY

anniversary, day of remembrance

(noun) the date on which an event occurred in some previous year (or the celebration of it)

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

anniversary (plural anniversaries)

A day that is an exact number of years (to the day) since a given significant event occurred. Often preceded by an ordinal number indicating the number of years.

(especially) Such a day that commemorates a wedding.

(loosely) A day subsequent in time to a given event by some significant period other than a year (especially as prefixed by the amount of time in question).

Synonyms

• yearday

• yeartide (rare, nonstandard)

Source: Wiktionary

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An`ni*ver"sa*ry, a. Etym: [L. anniversarius; annus year + vertere, versum, to turn: cf. F. anniversaire.]

Definition: 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. Etym: [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.)

Definition: 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’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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