[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

anniversary \an`niver"sary\, 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.
      1913 webster

   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.
      1913 webster

   3. the celebration which takes place on an anniversary day.
      --dryden.
      1913 webster
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anniversaries 

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