Of a significant event, a day that is an exact number of years (to the day) since the event occurred. Often preceded by an ordinal number indicating the number of years that have elapsed since the event
Today is the fiftieth anniversary of the end of the war.
Of a significant event, a day that is an exact number of years (to the day) since the event occurred; often preceded by an ordinal number indicating the number of years that have elapsed since the event
An anniversary is a date which is remembered or celebrated because a special event happened on that date in a previous year. the one hundredth anniversary of the birth of Ho Chi Minh. anniversaries a date on which something special or important happened in a previous year
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
Returning with the year, at a stated time; annual; yearly; as, an anniversary feast
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