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.]
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.
