meaning of anniversary
1. Returning with the year, at a stated time; annual; yearly; as, an anniversary feast.
2. 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. 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. The celebration which takes place on an anniversary day.
5. the date on which an event occurred in some previous year or the celebration of it
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