Ăn'ni-vēr'sa-ri-ly1, adv.
Annually. Bp. Hall.
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Anniversary
Ăn'ni-vēr'sa-ry2, a.
(82), a. [Lat. annīversārius, from annus, year, and vertere, versum, to turn; Fr. anniversaire.] Returning with the year, at a stated time; annual; yearly; as, an anniversary feast.
Anniversary days (Rom. Cath. Church), the days in which an office is yearly performed for the souls of the deceased, or in which the martyrdom of the saints is yearly celebrated. P. Cyc.
Ăn'ni-vēr'sa-ry3, n.
n. [Lat. anniversarium, Fr. anniversaire.]
- A day celebrated as it returns each year.
- The act of celebration; performance in honor of an event. Dryden.