Definition of anniversary
- a. - Returning with the year, at a stated time; annual;
yearly; as, an anniversary feast.
- 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.
- n. - 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.
- n. - The celebration which takes place on an anniversary
day.
- a. - Returning with the year, at a stated time; annual;
yearly; as, an anniversary feast.
- 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.
- n. - 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.
- n. - The celebration which takes place on an anniversary
day.