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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

ANNIVERS'ARY, a. [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, n.
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.
ANNO DOMINI. [L.] In the year of our Lord, noting the time from our Savior's incarnation; as Anno Domini, or A.D. 1800.
This was written Anno Domini, 1809 and revised A.D. 1825 and 1827.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: the date on which an event occurred in some previous year (or the celebration of it) [syn: anniversary, day of remembrance]

Merriam Webster's

noun (plural -ries) Etymology: Middle English anniversarie, from Medieval Latin anniversarium, from Latin, neuter of anniversarius returning annually, from annus year + versus, past participle of vertere to turn — more at annual, worth Date: 13th century 1. the annual recurrence of a date marking a notable event; broadly a date that follows such an event by a specified period of time measured in units other than years <the 6-month anniversary of the accident> 2. the celebration of an anniversary

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. (pl. -ies) 1 the date on which an event took place in a previous year. 2 the celebration of this. Etymology: ME f. L anniversarius f. annus year + versus turned

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Anniversary 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.]

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Anniversary 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.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(anniversaries) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. An anniversary is a date which is remembered or celebrated because a special event happened on that date in a previous year. ...the one hundredth anniversary of the birth of Ho Chi Minh. N-COUNT: usu ord N, the N of n

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

I. a. Yearly (in the sense of returning with the year), annual. II. n. Day of annual celebration, fêteday, annual festival, fête.

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