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an⋅ni⋅ver⋅sa⋅ry

  [an-uh-vur-suh-ree] noun, plural -ries, adjective
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–noun
1. the yearly recurrence of the date of a past event: the tenth anniversary of their marriage.
2. the celebration or commemoration of such a date.
3. wedding anniversary.
–adjective
4. returning or recurring each year; annual.
5. pertaining to an anniversary: an anniversary gift. Abbreviation: anniv.
Origin:
1200–50; ME anniversarie (< AF) < ML (diēs) anniversāria anniversary (day), L anniversārius recurring yearly, equiv. to anni- (comb. form of annus year) + vers(us) turned, ptp. of vertere (vert- turn + -tus ptp. suffix) + -ārius -ary
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an·ni·ver·sa·ry   (ān'ə-vûr'sə-rē)   
n.   pl. an·ni·ver·sa·ries
  1. The annually recurring date of a past event, especially one of historical, national, or personal importance: a wedding anniversary; the anniversary of the founding of Rome.
  2. A celebration commemorating such a date.

[Middle English anniversarie, from Medieval Latin (diēs) anniversāria, anniversary (day), from Latin, feminine of anniversārius, returning yearly : annus, year; see at- in Indo-European roots + versus, past participle of vertere, to turn; see wer-2 in Indo-European roots.]
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Anniversary

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.]

Anniversary

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.
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Language Translation for : anniversary
Spanish: aniversario,
German: der Jahrestag,
Japanese: 記念日
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anniversary 
c.1230, from L. anniversarius "returning annually," from annus "year" (see annual) + versus, pp. of vertere "to turn" (see versus). The adj. came to be used as a noun in Church L. as anniversaria (dies) in ref. to saints' days.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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