Returning with the year, at a stated time; annual; yearly; as, an
anniversary feast. Anniversary
day . See Anniversary. Anniversary week, that week in the
year in which the
annual meetings of religious and benevolent
societies are held in Boston and
new York.
Origin: L. Anniversarius; annus
year + vertere, versum, to turn: cf. F. Anniversaire.
Origin: Cf. F. Anniversaire.
1. The
annual return of the
day on which any notable event took seat, or is
wont to be celebrated; as, the
anniversary of the Declaration of Independence.
2. The
day on which Mass is said
yearly for the
soul of a deceased face; the commemoration of some
sacred event, as the dedication of a church or the consecration of a pope.
3. The celebration which takes
seat on an
anniversary day.
Source: Websters Vocabulary