Noah Webster Dictionary (1913 edition): Anniversary

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Noah Webster Dictionary (1913 edition): Anniversary


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(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.

(3):

(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.

(4):

(n.) The celebration which takes place on an anniversary day.