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Definition of Anniversary

1. Noun. The date on which an event occurred in some previous year (or the celebration of it).

Definition of Anniversary

1. a. Returning with the year, at a stated time; annual; yearly; as, an anniversary feast.

2. n. 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.

Definition of Anniversary

1. Noun. Of a significant event, a day that is an exact number of years (to the day) since the event occurred. Often preceded by an ordinal number indicating the number of years that have elapsed since the event. ¹

2. Noun. (qualifier loosely) A day subsequent in time to a given event by some (especially significant) factor other than a year (especially as prefixed by the amount of time in question). ¹

3. Noun. (context: more specifically) Such, where the event is a wedding. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Anniversary

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Medical Definition of Anniversary

1. 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 place, 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 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. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Anniversary

Literary usage of Anniversary

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1835)
"WE heartily approve of anniversary Dinners—and assist at some half-dozen or во ... Not for many years to come will there be an anniversary Dinner to ..."

2. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1912)
"The anniversary banquet was held Friday evening at the Chamberlain Hotel, with an attendance of seventy. At the close of the banquet short addresses of ..."

3. The New England Historical and Genealogical Register (1865)
"Proceedings in connection with the Celebration at New Bedford, September 14th, 1864, of the Two Hundredth anniversary of the Incorporation of the Town of ..."

4. Journal of the Statistical Society of London by Statistical Society (Great Britain) (1855)
"Twenty-first anniversary Meeting of the Statistical Society. ... At their last anniversary Meeting they had occasion to invite the special attention of the ..."

5. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1890)
"THE KEKULE anniversary. The celebration by the Berlin Chemical Society, of the twenty- fifth anniversary of the announcement of the benzol theory and the ..."

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