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Meaning of 'anniversary' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Anniversary [ a.]
- Returning with the year, at a stated time; annual; yearly; as, an anniversary feast.
2 . Anniversary [ 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.
- 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.
- The celebration which takes place on an anniversary day.

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ann anna annal annalist annalistic annalize annals annat annates annats

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