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Pronunciation : An`ni*ver"sa*ry
Part of Speech : a.
Etymology : [L. anniversarius; annus year + vertere, versum, to turn: cf. F. anniversaire.]
Definition : Defn: 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.]


Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : An`ni*ver"sa*ry
Part of Speech : n.; pl. Anniversaries.
Etymology : [Cf. F. anniversaire.]
Definition : 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.)

Defn: 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