Anniversaries

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

  Anniversary \An`ni*ver"sa*ry\, 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.
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     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.
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     3. The celebration which takes place on an anniversary day.
        --Dryden.
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