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anniversary noun & adjective. ME.
[Latin anniversarius returning yearly, from annus year + versus turning + -arius -ARY1; used as noun in medieval Latin anniversaria (sc. dies day), -arium (sc. festum feast); cf. Old & mod. French anniversaire.]
A. noun.
The yearly return of a noteworthy date; the day on which some event of ecclesiastical, national, or personal interest is annually commemorated; the celebration of this. ME.
Roman Catholic Church. A commemorative mass said for the space of a year. E17-M18.
b. adjective.
Returning or commemorated on the same date each year; annual, repeated each year. arch. L15.
Enduring for or completed in a year. E17-E18.
anniversarily adverb at the yearly return M17.