anniversaryn.adj.

Brit.

/ˌanᵻˈvəːs(ə)ri/, U.S.

/ˌænəˈvərs(ə)ri/

Forms:

α. Middle English annuiversarie, Middle English annversary, Middle English annyuersarie, Middle English annyversary, Middle English anyuersarye, Middle English–1500s annyuersary, Middle English–1500s annyuersarye, Middle English–1600s aniuersarie, Middle English–1600s anniuersarie, Middle English–1600s anniuersary, Middle English– anniversary, 1500s aniuersari, 1500s anyversary, 1600s aniversarie, 1600s anniversarie, 1600s–1700s aniversary, 1900s– annuhversury (U.S. regional (southern), esp. in African-American usage).

β. also Scottish pre-1700 anniuersar, pre-1700 annywerseyr.

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French aniversarie; Latin anniversārius.

Etymology: < (i) Anglo-Norman aniversarie, anniversarie, Anglo-Norman and Old French, Middle French aniversaire, anniversaire (French anniversaire ) (noun) annual commemoration of the day of a person's death (second half of the 12th cent.), commemorative mass held on the date of a person's death (c1200 or earlier; the extended use in sense A. 2a is not recorded in dictionaries until 1798), (adjective) repeated or recurring annually (1330), and its etymon (ii) classical Latin anniversārius (adjective) employed, engaged, or renewed annually, occurring, arising, or growing every year, of yearly recurrence, celebrated or performed annually, annual, in post-classical Latin also anniversarius (masculine noun), anniversarium (neuter noun) commemorative mass held on the date of a person's death (9th cent.; frequently from 12th cent. in British sources), annual commemoration of the day of a person's death (10th cent.), day on which a religious service was held every year, marking the passing of one or more years since a person's death (from 12th cent. in British sources) < annus year (see annals n.) + vers- , past participial stem of vertere to turn (see vert v.¹) + -ārius -ary suffix¹.Compare Old Occitan aniversari, anniversari, noun (second half of the 13th cent. or earlier), Catalan aniversari, noun (1204), Spanish aniversário (first half of the 13th cent. as noun, end of the 15th cent. as adjective), Portuguese aniversário (1263 as noun; also as adjective), Italian anniversario (second half of the 13th cent. as noun, a1462 as adjective).

A. n.

a. The day which marks the completion of one or more years since the death or funeral of a particular person, and on which he or she is commemorated in some way (originally by means of a mass or religious service).Cf. mind-day n. at mind n.¹ Compounds 2, minning day n. at minning n. Compounds, year-day n. 2.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > particular time > an anniversary > [noun]

anniversaryc1230

year's daya1393

year-day1431

birthday1556

anniversary day1567

anniverse1618

anniversal1635

anni1890

c1230 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Corpus Cambr.) (1962) 15 In aniuersaries of ower leoueste freond.

Promptorium Parvulorum (Harl. 221) 12 Anniuersary, or yereday, anniversarium.

c1451 J. Capgrave Life St. Gilbert (1910) 123 (MED) Þe day whech we clepe þe annyuersarie of Seint Gilbert.

1567 J. Jewel Def. Apol. Churche Eng. sig. Bii^v The Decrée..suffreth nothinge els to be read in the Churche, but onely the Passions, or deathes of Martyrs, and that onely vpon the Martyrs Anniuersarie: whiche was, for one Martyr, but onely one daie in the yeere.

a1647 T. Habington Surv. Worcs. (Worcs. Hist. Soc.) (1895) I. iii. 520 Assygned..three marckes towardes the Pitancy on the anniversary of Kinge John.

1660 R. Coke Elements Power & Subjection 157 in Justice Vindicated The day we have appointed, viz. the Anniversary of S. John Baptist beheaded.

1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. Annual is used in ecclesiastical writers to denote a yearly office, said for the soul of a person deceased on the day of his obit or anniversary.

1793 P. Newcome Hist. Anc. & Royal Found. Abbey of St. Alban 83 The remainder of this revenue..to be expended in feeding an hundred poor persons at the gate, on the anniversary of Adam.

1817 W. Stevenson Suppl. Bentham's Hist. & Antiq. Ely (Notes) 51 They [sc. yearly fairs] were held near some Cathedral, Church, or Monastery, on the anniversary of the Saint to whom such Churches were dedicated.

1830 F. Jerningham Diary 1 Mar. in Jerningham Lett. (1896) I. 311 My dear Mother's anniversary R.I.P. I felt it, but not so much as I used to do.

1883 H. C. Lea Stud. Church Hist. (rev. ed.) 380 The condition that on his father's anniversary they should all assemble reverently at vigils and at mass.

1913 V. W. Johnson Two Quaint Republics iv. 219 Each year the maiden takes part in the fête of February on the saint's anniversary.

1918 T. F. Thompson in W. R. Benét Perpetual Light (1919) Foreword 12 You know the 27th of November is Mother's anniversary.

2002 M. Holdsworth & C. Courtauld Foreign Devils 3 Exaggerated nationalism is certainly in evidence on St Andrew's anniversary, which is more celebrated abroad than at home.

2005 A. Notaro WWW Club (2007) 276 ‘Kate told me today was your brother's anniversary.’..‘Yes, It was a long time ago but still, you never forget.’

b. Christian Church. An annual commemoration of the day of a person's death or funeral; esp. a mass or (later) any religious service held on this date in memory of the deceased; (also) the practice of holding such a commemoration annually. Now historical except in some compounds (see anniversary mass, anniversary service at Compounds a).Cf. year's mind n., twelvemonth('s) mind at twelvemonth n. 2.

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c1425 J. Lydgate Troyyes Bk. (Augustus A.iv) iv. l. 528 (MED) Þe whiche fest..called was þe Anyuersarye.

1447 O. Bokenham Lives of Saints (Arun.) (1938) l. 1141 That ye for me wil preyn specyally, And therto my annyuersarye kepyn yerly.

1539 in S. Tymms Wills & Inventories Bury St. Edmunds (1850) 138 My executors shall keape an yearelie obite or anniuersarie the space of v yeares.

1561 J. Veron Huntynge of Purgatorye f. 25 Yeares minds other wyse called anniversaries.

1574 J. Baret Aluearie A 374 To keepe an aniuersarie or yeares minde. Exequi annua vota.

1675 W. Dugdale Baronage Eng. I. 358 To hold an Anniversary on the day of Petronilla the Virgin, for the Lord Maurice his Father.

1793 P. Newcome Hist. Anc. & Royal Found. Abbey of St. Alban 83 Warren also appointed an anniversary for the soul of his predecessor Geoffrey.

1817 W. Stevenson Suppl. Bentham's Hist. & Antiq. Ely 22 The execution of the form for founding the Obit or Anniversary of Bishop De Fontibus.

1898 R. Holmes in Chartulary St. John of Pontefract I. 261 He states that the rent was granted to keep his father's anniversary.

1916 E. H. Pearce Monks Westm. 104 Endowed an anniversary for himself and his parents..in the Priory of St Mary, Hurley, 5 Oct. 1411.

1987 C. B. Bouchard Sword, Miter, & Cloister viii. 196 Richard of Iguerande gave Cluny some allodial property..in return for an anniversary for his mother.

2002 B. Harvey Obedientiaries of Westm. Abbey xix. 154 Anniversaries for Richard II and Anne of Bohemia were endowed in 1398–9.

a. The day in any year which corresponds to a particular day in an earlier year; (hence) the annual occurrence of a noteworthy date; the date on which an event of ecclesiastical, national, or personal importance is marked or remembered annually; (also) a celebration held to mark such a date. In later use sometimes: spec. the date on which a couple were married in a previous year; a wedding anniversary.Now the usual sense.golden, ruby, wedding anniversary: see the first element.

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society > faith > worship > liturgical year > feast, festival > [noun] > periodic

church ale1448

kirk-ale1543

anniversary1567

the mind > mental capacity > memory > reminder, putting in mind > commemoration, remembrance > [noun] > solemn or religious remembrance > annual

annuala1400

year's minda1400

anniversary1567

1567 W. Painter Palace of Pleasure II. f. 17 There was an ancient and approued custome in Persia, that the kings yerely did solemnize an Anniuersarie of their Coronation, with great feast and triumph.

1637 T. Heywood Royall King ii. iv This Anniversary doe we yeerely keepe In memory of our late victories.

1695 N. Luttrell Diary in Brief Hist. Relation State Affairs (1857) III. 460 This being the anniversary of King Williams coronation.

1709 R. Steele Tatler No. 130. ⁋ 10 The Anniversary of the Birth-day of this Glorious Queen.

1777 W. Robertson Hist. Amer. II. 433 Presents made to him on the anniversary of his Name-day (which is always observed as an high festival).

1798 Columbian Centinel 29 Dec. 2/4 ‘The Heirs of the Pilgrims’ Celebrated on Saturday Dec. 22, the 177th Anniversary of the landing of their Forefathers at Plymouth Rock.

1835 F. Warriner Cruise of U.S. Frigate Potomac xi. 126 This was the anniversary of Washington's birthday, on which true patriots will always rejoice.

1860 Sat. Rev. No. 249. 136/1 Wear orange ribbons on the anniversary of the Battle of the Boyne.

1882 Lowell (Mass.) Weekly Sun 16 Dec. 8/1 The day being the 15th anniversary of his marriage, a party of his friends gave him an elegant roller top desk.

1883 Christian World 3 Aug. 515/4 Large collections in connection with Sunday-School anniversaries continue to be reported.

1919 E. E. Cummings Let. 7 Nov. (1969) 62 All N.Y.'s radicals are throwing up their hats in celebration of the anniversary of Sovietism.

1940 Brit. Legion Poppy Ann. 89/1 Nearly forty million poppies are sold each year on the anniversary of Armistice Day.

1968 Rolling Stone 23 Nov. 6/4 To mark this first anniversary, we've tried to put together a super-special issue.

1992 K. Charles Snares of Death xvi. 128 My Charlie took me there for a real slap-up meal on our anniversary last year. A romantic meal.

2011 B. Boateng Copyright Thing doesn't work Here 265 In 2007, Ghanaians proudly celebrated the fiftieth anniversary of their independence from Britain.

b. In extended use, with modifying word or phrase denoting a period of time other than one measured in years, as two-week anniversary, three-month anniversary, etc.: a day marking the elapsing of the specified period of time since a particular event, esp. one of personal importance, took place.Particularly used in the context of romantic relationships.

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1871 Door County (Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin) Advocate 14 Sept. We print the following list of wedding anniversaries: Nine months anniversary, squalling; first anniversary, iron; second, pewter.

1942 Daily Kennebec Jrnl. (Augusta, Maine) 28 May 12/4 Private Al Swett..celebrates the fourth [sic] month anniversary of his induction into the Army of the United States on June 1st.

1983 Man. Patent Examining Procedure (U.S. Patent Office) (ed. 5) 2235/2 This report serves to highlight those requests which have not been assigned to an examiner by the six week anniversary of their filing.

1993 C. C. Criscuolo Wiseguys in Love 133 He'd watched her pull around her shoulders the mink jacket he'd given her for their four-week anniversary.

2011 P. Marx Starting from Happy (2012) 92 There was always something to celebrate! The five-month anniversary of the first time they touched each other on purpose.., the seven-month, three-week, two-day, four-hour anniversary of when Wally really knew.

†3. Roman Catholic Church. A commemorative mass held every day throughout the year following a person's death. Cf. annual n. 2, annals n. 4. Obsolete (historical in later use).

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > death > obsequies > commemorative ceremonies > [noun] > religious or mass > for one year

annals1537

anniversary1612

1612 T. Dekker If it be not Good sig. D2 Chant Anthems, Aniuersaries, Dirges.

1726 J. Ayliffe Parergon Juris Canonici Anglicani 190 An Anniversary..is celebrated not only once, viz., at the end of the year..but ought to be said every day throughout the whole year for the soul of the deceas'd.

1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. Anniversary is more particularly used for the annale, or mass rehearsed daily for the space of a year after a person's death.

1802 Necessity Abolition Pluralities 328 For some masses were performed every day for a year after their death, or on the anniversary of their death for many years, which were called annals, annuals, anniversaries or obits.

†4. A periodical issued once a year. Cf. annual n. 5. Obsolete. rare.

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society > communication > journalism > journal > periodical > [noun] > by frequency of publication

quarterly1818

trimestrial1824

anniversary1827

monthly1830

tri-weekly1832

hebdomadal1835

fortnightly1865

three-monthly1886

bi-weekly1890

seasonal1895

bi-monthly1926

1827 R. Southey Select. from Lett. (1856) IV. 140 I am sorry your anniversary has not answered..and indeed think the plan of a monthly much better than that of a yearly miscellany.

B. adj.

†1. Held, performed, or occurring once a year; repeated or recurring annually; yearly. Obsolete.Later use of anniversary premodifying a noun in this context is generally understood as an attributive use of the noun (in sense A. 2a); for uses of this type see Compounds.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > period > year > [adjective] > yearly or annual

yearlyOE

annal1503

annual1529

anniversary1552

solennic1623

quotannal1651

solennial1656

quotannual1658

perennial1845

year-to-year1852

quotennial1878

the world > time > period > year > [adjective] > yearly or annual > repeated each year

anniversary1552

1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Annyuersary, or that which yerlye runneth at one tyme, Anniversarius.

1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch Morals 314 Like as by yeerly accesse and anniversarie revolutions, the forcible vigor of the pestilence returneth.

1651 R. Wittie tr. J. Primrose Pop. Errours iv. xvi. 271 Sick of an anniversary disease.

a1652 A. Wilson Hist. Great Brit. (1653) f. 155^v Giving..anniversary stipends..for connivency.

1657 G. Thornley tr. Longus Daphnis & Chloe 41 They vowed an Anniversary suspension to him of some of the first fruits of the year.

1665 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 1 110 Of Periodical and Anniversary Winds and their Causes.

1712 J. Addison Spectator No. 433. ¶4 This Anniversary Carnival, which lasted about a Week.

1798 Monthly Rev. Feb. 181 Excellent advice to the members of the Societies at Sunbury, delivered at their anniversary meeting.

1812 Gentleman's Mag. Jan. 34/2 A hope, that, in the anniversary revolution of the great city offices, some alderman or sheriff may possess the..courage of effecting substantial good.

1897 Amer. Druggist & Pharmaceut. Rec. 26 Apr. 236/1 He congratulated them on the success of their anniversary gathering.

2. Lasting for or completed in a year. rare after 18th cent.

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the world > time > period > year > [adjective] > that lasts a year

annuaryc1487

annual1574

anniversary1629

year-long1813

1629 A. Symmer Spirituall Posie ii. i. 32 The sunne by his anniversary revolution maketh the day and the yeare.

1660 R. Burney Κέρδιστον Δῶρον 20 Their applauded Government is like a Turn-coat, and is Anniversary.

1714 T. Hearne Ductor Historicus (ed. 3) I. iii. 410 The Anniversary Revolution of the Sun purifies the Air.

2009 J. A. Hyerczyk Pattern, Price & Time (ed. 2) xi. 210 Since an anniversary cycle is approximately 365 days, a ¼ division is 90-91 calendar days.

Compounds

General attributive.

a. In sense A. 1, as anniversary mass, anniversary service, etc.Recorded earliest in anniversary day n. 1.

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the mind > mental capacity > memory > reminder, putting in mind > commemoration, remembrance > [adjective]

memorialc1390

memoranda1400

anniversary1449

memorative1449

memorala1500

recordative?1551

memorizing1600

commemorative1612

commemoratory1695

commemorating1766

commemorational1880

1449 in W. H. Godfrey Sussex Wills (1938) III. 207 (MED) Y wil yat myn obite be held at my paryssh chirch..at my moneth day and my anniversary day.

1484 Rolls of Parl.: Richard III (Electronic ed.) Parl. Jan. 1484 §3. m. 8 Rent called annyversary rent goyng out of the londes of divers tenaunts of the said maner.

1547 tr. A. de Marcourt Bk. Marchauntes (new ed.) sig. ej^v To haue some aniuersari foundacion, or other testamentary gift.

1648 T. Gage Eng.-Amer. xx. 161 The two Sodalities of the Vera Cruz..brought four Crownes a peece for the Masse of the day, and the Anniversary Masse following.

1773 J. Pechell Hist. Univ. Oxf. to Demise Queen Elizabeth 134 A statute was made for an anniversary commemoration..performable on the morrow of St. Martin.

1883 Christian World 3 Aug. 515/2 The anniversary services..were held last Sunday.

1885 Pastor May 219/2 May the name of the deceased be mentioned in the prayer when a solemn anniversary mass is sung?

1982 United Press Internat. Newswire (Nexis) 11 Apr. Delgado said he visited the Vatican last month to give an anniversary mass for the slain archbishop, gunned down March 24, 1980, by a presumed right-wing sniper.

2016 Kerryman (Nexis) 30 Nov. 103 Due to the high demand for anniversary Masses it will be necessary to include more than one name in the Mass.

b. In sense A. 2, as anniversary celebration, anniversary dinner, anniversary present, etc.

ΚΠ

1712 A. Lunan Myst. Man's Redempt. To Rdr. Judas Maccabeus, with the Congregation of the Jews, appointed the Anniversary Feast of the Dedication.

1838 Farmer's Mag Oct. 261/1 The first anniversary dinner of the society was held in the Riding-school and a spacious marquee adjoining.

1887 Sandusky (Ohio) Daily Reg. 15 Aug. Ladies and gents' finest Note and Regret Cards.., wedding invitations, anniversary cards, etc.

1908 A. Warner Orig. Gentleman 267 The little jeweled pin that he had bought her as an anniversary present.

1942 Life 30 Nov. 132 (heading) Washington's great flock to U.S.S.R. anniversary party.

1978 Times 3 July 11/5 ‘I cannot think of a nicer anniversary present,’ said André Previn referring to his current celebration of ten years with the London Symphony Orchestra.

1992 Albuquerque Monthly Oct. 23/1 With its 60th anniversary celebration looming in 1989, the building..needed paint, new carpet and a host of other repairs.

2007 A. Hancocks Handmade Greeting Cards 17/1 Embossed papers with a pearlized coating..are exquisite for use in wedding and anniversary cards.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	anniversary
释义	anniversaryn.adj. Brit. /ˌanᵻˈvəːs(ə)ri/, U.S. /ˌænəˈvərs(ə)ri/ Forms: α. Middle English annuiversarie, Middle English annversary, Middle English annyuersarie, Middle English annyversary, Middle English anyuersarye, Middle English–1500s annyuersary, Middle English–1500s annyuersarye, Middle English–1600s aniuersarie, Middle English–1600s anniuersarie, Middle English–1600s anniuersary, Middle English– anniversary, 1500s aniuersari, 1500s anyversary, 1600s aniversarie, 1600s anniversarie, 1600s–1700s aniversary, 1900s– annuhversury (U.S. regional (southern), esp. in African-American usage). β. also Scottish pre-1700 anniuersar, pre-1700 annywerseyr. Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French aniversarie; Latin anniversārius. Etymology: < (i) Anglo-Norman aniversarie, anniversarie, Anglo-Norman and Old French, Middle French aniversaire, anniversaire (French anniversaire ) (noun) annual commemoration of the day of a person's death (second half of the 12th cent.), commemorative mass held on the date of a person's death (c1200 or earlier; the extended use in sense A. 2a is not recorded in dictionaries until 1798), (adjective) repeated or recurring annually (1330), and its etymon (ii) classical Latin anniversārius (adjective) employed, engaged, or renewed annually, occurring, arising, or growing every year, of yearly recurrence, celebrated or performed annually, annual, in post-classical Latin also anniversarius (masculine noun), anniversarium (neuter noun) commemorative mass held on the date of a person's death (9th cent.; frequently from 12th cent. in British sources), annual commemoration of the day of a person's death (10th cent.), day on which a religious service was held every year, marking the passing of one or more years since a person's death (from 12th cent. in British sources) < annus year (see annals n.) + vers- , past participial stem of vertere to turn (see vert v.¹) + -ārius -ary suffix¹.Compare Old Occitan aniversari, anniversari, noun (second half of the 13th cent. or earlier), Catalan aniversari, noun (1204), Spanish aniversário (first half of the 13th cent. as noun, end of the 15th cent. as adjective), Portuguese aniversário (1263 as noun; also as adjective), Italian anniversario (second half of the 13th cent. as noun, a1462 as adjective). A. n. 1. a. The day which marks the completion of one or more years since the death or funeral of a particular person, and on which he or she is commemorated in some way (originally by means of a mass or religious service).Cf. mind-day n. at mind n.¹ Compounds 2, minning day n. at minning n. Compounds, year-day n. 2. ΘΚΠ the world > time > particular time > an anniversary > [noun] anniversaryc1230 year's daya1393 year-day1431 birthday1556 anniversary day1567 anniverse1618 anniversal1635 anni1890 c1230 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Corpus Cambr.) (1962) 15 In aniuersaries of ower leoueste freond. Promptorium Parvulorum (Harl. 221) 12 Anniuersary, or yereday, anniversarium. c1451 J. Capgrave Life St. Gilbert (1910) 123 (MED) Þe day whech we clepe þe annyuersarie of Seint Gilbert. 1567 J. Jewel Def. Apol. Churche Eng. sig. Bii^v The Decrée..suffreth nothinge els to be read in the Churche, but onely the Passions, or deathes of Martyrs, and that onely vpon the Martyrs Anniuersarie: whiche was, for one Martyr, but onely one daie in the yeere. a1647 T. Habington Surv. Worcs. (Worcs. Hist. Soc.) (1895) I. iii. 520 Assygned..three marckes towardes the Pitancy on the anniversary of Kinge John. 1660 R. Coke Elements Power & Subjection 157 in Justice Vindicated The day we have appointed, viz. the Anniversary of S. John Baptist beheaded. 1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. Annual is used in ecclesiastical writers to denote a yearly office, said for the soul of a person deceased on the day of his obit or anniversary. 1793 P. Newcome Hist. Anc. & Royal Found. Abbey of St. Alban 83 The remainder of this revenue..to be expended in feeding an hundred poor persons at the gate, on the anniversary of Adam. 1817 W. Stevenson Suppl. Bentham's Hist. & Antiq. Ely (Notes) 51 They [sc. yearly fairs] were held near some Cathedral, Church, or Monastery, on the anniversary of the Saint to whom such Churches were dedicated. 1830 F. Jerningham Diary 1 Mar. in Jerningham Lett. (1896) I. 311 My dear Mother's anniversary R.I.P. I felt it, but not so much as I used to do. 1883 H. C. Lea Stud. Church Hist. (rev. ed.) 380 The condition that on his father's anniversary they should all assemble reverently at vigils and at mass. 1913 V. W. Johnson Two Quaint Republics iv. 219 Each year the maiden takes part in the fête of February on the saint's anniversary. 1918 T. F. Thompson in W. R. Benét Perpetual Light (1919) Foreword 12 You know the 27th of November is Mother's anniversary. 2002 M. Holdsworth & C. Courtauld Foreign Devils 3 Exaggerated nationalism is certainly in evidence on St Andrew's anniversary, which is more celebrated abroad than at home. 2005 A. Notaro WWW Club (2007) 276 ‘Kate told me today was your brother's anniversary.’..‘Yes, It was a long time ago but still, you never forget.’ b. Christian Church. An annual commemoration of the day of a person's death or funeral; esp. a mass or (later) any religious service held on this date in memory of the deceased; (also) the practice of holding such a commemoration annually. Now historical except in some compounds (see anniversary mass, anniversary service at Compounds a).Cf. year's mind n., twelvemonth('s) mind at twelvemonth n. 2. ΚΠ c1425 J. Lydgate Troyyes Bk. (Augustus A.iv) iv. l. 528 (MED) Þe whiche fest..called was þe Anyuersarye. 1447 O. Bokenham Lives of Saints (Arun.) (1938) l. 1141 That ye for me wil preyn specyally, And therto my annyuersarye kepyn yerly. 1539 in S. Tymms Wills & Inventories Bury St. Edmunds (1850) 138 My executors shall keape an yearelie obite or anniuersarie the space of v yeares. 1561 J. Veron Huntynge of Purgatorye f. 25 Yeares minds other wyse called anniversaries. 1574 J. Baret Aluearie A 374 To keepe an aniuersarie or yeares minde. Exequi annua vota. 1675 W. Dugdale Baronage Eng. I. 358 To hold an Anniversary on the day of Petronilla the Virgin, for the Lord Maurice his Father. 1793 P. Newcome Hist. Anc. & Royal Found. Abbey of St. Alban 83 Warren also appointed an anniversary for the soul of his predecessor Geoffrey. 1817 W. Stevenson Suppl. Bentham's Hist. & Antiq. Ely 22 The execution of the form for founding the Obit or Anniversary of Bishop De Fontibus. 1898 R. Holmes in Chartulary St. John of Pontefract I. 261 He states that the rent was granted to keep his father's anniversary. 1916 E. H. Pearce Monks Westm. 104 Endowed an anniversary for himself and his parents..in the Priory of St Mary, Hurley, 5 Oct. 1411. 1987 C. B. Bouchard Sword, Miter, & Cloister viii. 196 Richard of Iguerande gave Cluny some allodial property..in return for an anniversary for his mother. 2002 B. Harvey Obedientiaries of Westm. Abbey xix. 154 Anniversaries for Richard II and Anne of Bohemia were endowed in 1398–9. 2. a. The day in any year which corresponds to a particular day in an earlier year; (hence) the annual occurrence of a noteworthy date; the date on which an event of ecclesiastical, national, or personal importance is marked or remembered annually; (also) a celebration held to mark such a date. In later use sometimes: spec. the date on which a couple were married in a previous year; a wedding anniversary.Now the usual sense.golden, ruby, wedding anniversary: see the first element. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > liturgical year > feast, festival > [noun] > periodic church ale1448 kirk-ale1543 anniversary1567 the mind > mental capacity > memory > reminder, putting in mind > commemoration, remembrance > [noun] > solemn or religious remembrance > annual annuala1400 year's minda1400 anniversary1567 1567 W. Painter Palace of Pleasure II. f. 17 There was an ancient and approued custome in Persia, that the kings yerely did solemnize an Anniuersarie of their Coronation, with great feast and triumph. 1637 T. Heywood Royall King ii. iv This Anniversary doe we yeerely keepe In memory of our late victories. 1695 N. Luttrell Diary in Brief Hist. Relation State Affairs (1857) III. 460 This being the anniversary of King Williams coronation. 1709 R. Steele Tatler No. 130. ⁋ 10 The Anniversary of the Birth-day of this Glorious Queen. 1777 W. Robertson Hist. Amer. II. 433 Presents made to him on the anniversary of his Name-day (which is always observed as an high festival). 1798 Columbian Centinel 29 Dec. 2/4 ‘The Heirs of the Pilgrims’ Celebrated on Saturday Dec. 22, the 177th Anniversary of the landing of their Forefathers at Plymouth Rock. 1835 F. Warriner Cruise of U.S. Frigate Potomac xi. 126 This was the anniversary of Washington's birthday, on which true patriots will always rejoice. 1860 Sat. Rev. No. 249. 136/1 Wear orange ribbons on the anniversary of the Battle of the Boyne. 1882 Lowell (Mass.) Weekly Sun 16 Dec. 8/1 The day being the 15th anniversary of his marriage, a party of his friends gave him an elegant roller top desk. 1883 Christian World 3 Aug. 515/4 Large collections in connection with Sunday-School anniversaries continue to be reported. 1919 E. E. Cummings Let. 7 Nov. (1969) 62 All N.Y.'s radicals are throwing up their hats in celebration of the anniversary of Sovietism. 1940 Brit. Legion Poppy Ann. 89/1 Nearly forty million poppies are sold each year on the anniversary of Armistice Day. 1968 Rolling Stone 23 Nov. 6/4 To mark this first anniversary, we've tried to put together a super-special issue. 1992 K. Charles Snares of Death xvi. 128 My Charlie took me there for a real slap-up meal on our anniversary last year. A romantic meal. 2011 B. Boateng Copyright Thing doesn't work Here 265 In 2007, Ghanaians proudly celebrated the fiftieth anniversary of their independence from Britain. b. In extended use, with modifying word or phrase denoting a period of time other than one measured in years, as two-week anniversary, three-month anniversary, etc.: a day marking the elapsing of the specified period of time since a particular event, esp. one of personal importance, took place.Particularly used in the context of romantic relationships. ΚΠ 1871 Door County (Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin) Advocate 14 Sept. We print the following list of wedding anniversaries: Nine months anniversary, squalling; first anniversary, iron; second, pewter. 1942 Daily Kennebec Jrnl. (Augusta, Maine) 28 May 12/4 Private Al Swett..celebrates the fourth [sic] month anniversary of his induction into the Army of the United States on June 1st. 1983 Man. Patent Examining Procedure (U.S. Patent Office) (ed. 5) 2235/2 This report serves to highlight those requests which have not been assigned to an examiner by the six week anniversary of their filing. 1993 C. C. Criscuolo Wiseguys in Love 133 He'd watched her pull around her shoulders the mink jacket he'd given her for their four-week anniversary. 2011 P. Marx Starting from Happy (2012) 92 There was always something to celebrate! The five-month anniversary of the first time they touched each other on purpose.., the seven-month, three-week, two-day, four-hour anniversary of when Wally really knew. †3. Roman Catholic Church. A commemorative mass held every day throughout the year following a person's death. Cf. annual n. 2, annals n. 4. Obsolete (historical in later use). ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > obsequies > commemorative ceremonies > [noun] > religious or mass > for one year annals1537 anniversary1612 1612 T. Dekker If it be not Good sig. D2 Chant Anthems, Aniuersaries, Dirges. 1726 J. Ayliffe Parergon Juris Canonici Anglicani 190 An Anniversary..is celebrated not only once, viz., at the end of the year..but ought to be said every day throughout the whole year for the soul of the deceas'd. 1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. Anniversary is more particularly used for the annale, or mass rehearsed daily for the space of a year after a person's death. 1802 Necessity Abolition Pluralities 328 For some masses were performed every day for a year after their death, or on the anniversary of their death for many years, which were called annals, annuals, anniversaries or obits. †4. A periodical issued once a year. Cf. annual n. 5. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ society > communication > journalism > journal > periodical > [noun] > by frequency of publication quarterly1818 trimestrial1824 anniversary1827 monthly1830 tri-weekly1832 hebdomadal1835 fortnightly1865 three-monthly1886 bi-weekly1890 seasonal1895 bi-monthly1926 1827 R. Southey Select. from Lett. (1856) IV. 140 I am sorry your anniversary has not answered..and indeed think the plan of a monthly much better than that of a yearly miscellany. B. adj. †1. Held, performed, or occurring once a year; repeated or recurring annually; yearly. Obsolete.Later use of anniversary premodifying a noun in this context is generally understood as an attributive use of the noun (in sense A. 2a); for uses of this type see Compounds. ΘΚΠ the world > time > period > year > [adjective] > yearly or annual yearlyOE annal1503 annual1529 anniversary1552 solennic1623 quotannal1651 solennial1656 quotannual1658 perennial1845 year-to-year1852 quotennial1878 the world > time > period > year > [adjective] > yearly or annual > repeated each year anniversary1552 1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Annyuersary, or that which yerlye runneth at one tyme, Anniversarius. 1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch Morals 314 Like as by yeerly accesse and anniversarie revolutions, the forcible vigor of the pestilence returneth. 1651 R. Wittie tr. J. Primrose Pop. Errours iv. xvi. 271 Sick of an anniversary disease. a1652 A. Wilson Hist. Great Brit. (1653) f. 155^v Giving..anniversary stipends..for connivency. 1657 G. Thornley tr. Longus Daphnis & Chloe 41 They vowed an Anniversary suspension to him of some of the first fruits of the year. 1665 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 1 110 Of Periodical and Anniversary Winds and their Causes. 1712 J. Addison Spectator No. 433. ¶4 This Anniversary Carnival, which lasted about a Week. 1798 Monthly Rev. Feb. 181 Excellent advice to the members of the Societies at Sunbury, delivered at their anniversary meeting. 1812 Gentleman's Mag. Jan. 34/2 A hope, that, in the anniversary revolution of the great city offices, some alderman or sheriff may possess the..courage of effecting substantial good. 1897 Amer. Druggist & Pharmaceut. Rec. 26 Apr. 236/1 He congratulated them on the success of their anniversary gathering. 2. Lasting for or completed in a year. rare after 18th cent. ΘΚΠ the world > time > period > year > [adjective] > that lasts a year annuaryc1487 annual1574 anniversary1629 year-long1813 1629 A. Symmer Spirituall Posie ii. i. 32 The sunne by his anniversary revolution maketh the day and the yeare. 1660 R. Burney Κέρδιστον Δῶρον 20 Their applauded Government is like a Turn-coat, and is Anniversary. 1714 T. Hearne Ductor Historicus (ed. 3) I. iii. 410 The Anniversary Revolution of the Sun purifies the Air. 2009 J. A. Hyerczyk Pattern, Price & Time (ed. 2) xi. 210 Since an anniversary cycle is approximately 365 days, a ¼ division is 90-91 calendar days. Compounds General attributive. a. In sense A. 1, as anniversary mass, anniversary service, etc.Recorded earliest in anniversary day n. 1. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > memory > reminder, putting in mind > commemoration, remembrance > [adjective] memorialc1390 memoranda1400 anniversary1449 memorative1449 memorala1500 recordative?1551 memorizing1600 commemorative1612 commemoratory1695 commemorating1766 commemorational1880 1449 in W. H. Godfrey Sussex Wills (1938) III. 207 (MED) Y wil yat myn obite be held at my paryssh chirch..at my moneth day and my anniversary day. 1484 Rolls of Parl.: Richard III (Electronic ed.) Parl. Jan. 1484 §3. m. 8 Rent called annyversary rent goyng out of the londes of divers tenaunts of the said maner. 1547 tr. A. de Marcourt Bk. Marchauntes (new ed.) sig. ej^v To haue some aniuersari foundacion, or other testamentary gift. 1648 T. Gage Eng.-Amer. xx. 161 The two Sodalities of the Vera Cruz..brought four Crownes a peece for the Masse of the day, and the Anniversary Masse following. 1773 J. Pechell Hist. Univ. Oxf. to Demise Queen Elizabeth 134 A statute was made for an anniversary commemoration..performable on the morrow of St. Martin. 1883 Christian World 3 Aug. 515/2 The anniversary services..were held last Sunday. 1885 Pastor May 219/2 May the name of the deceased be mentioned in the prayer when a solemn anniversary mass is sung? 1982 United Press Internat. Newswire (Nexis) 11 Apr. Delgado said he visited the Vatican last month to give an anniversary mass for the slain archbishop, gunned down March 24, 1980, by a presumed right-wing sniper. 2016 Kerryman (Nexis) 30 Nov. 103 Due to the high demand for anniversary Masses it will be necessary to include more than one name in the Mass. b. In sense A. 2, as anniversary celebration, anniversary dinner, anniversary present, etc. ΚΠ 1712 A. Lunan Myst. Man's Redempt. To Rdr. Judas Maccabeus, with the Congregation of the Jews, appointed the Anniversary Feast of the Dedication. 1838 Farmer's Mag Oct. 261/1 The first anniversary dinner of the society was held in the Riding-school and a spacious marquee adjoining. 1887 Sandusky (Ohio) Daily Reg. 15 Aug. Ladies and gents' finest Note and Regret Cards.., wedding invitations, anniversary cards, etc. 1908 A. Warner Orig. Gentleman 267 The little jeweled pin that he had bought her as an anniversary present. 1942 Life 30 Nov. 132 (heading) Washington's great flock to U.S.S.R. anniversary party. 1978 Times 3 July 11/5 ‘I cannot think of a nicer anniversary present,’ said André Previn referring to his current celebration of ten years with the London Symphony Orchestra. 1992 Albuquerque Monthly Oct. 23/1 With its 60th anniversary celebration looming in 1989, the building..needed paint, new carpet and a host of other repairs. 2007 A. Hancocks Handmade Greeting Cards 17/1 Embossed papers with a pearlized coating..are exquisite for use in wedding and anniversary cards. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). anniversaryv. Brit. /ˌanᵻˈvəːs(ə)ri/, U.S. /ˌænəˈvərs(ə)ri/ Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: anniversary n. Etymology: < anniversary n. 1. a. transitive. To mark, commemorate, or celebrate the anniversary of. Somewhat rare after 19th cent. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > memory > reminder, putting in mind > commemoration, remembrance > commemorate [verb (transitive)] mingOE mina1200 remenec1400 remember?a1439 memorize1593 commemorize1628 commemoratea1638 embalma1674 monument1756 memorialize1798 anniversary1841 monumentalize1857 mark1871 obituarize1877 jubilee1887 1841 Chambers's Edinb. Jrnl. 27 Mar. 73/3 Most men..and most nations, can gain no triumph over their opponents, without fêting and anniversarying it for ever after. 1861 Sat. Rev. 23 Nov. 535 The kindred societies which came to be anniversaried on that day at Aylesbury. 1879 Austral. Jrnl. Feb. 295/1 We have..exacted a promise from our wife not to spend half that sum on anniversarying our death. 1963 Lowell (Mass.) Sun 19 Nov. 5/2 Every day there is a great event anniversaried, which sets our pulse to pounding with pride. 2011 M. Roach And I shall have Some Peace There v. Now..I have anniversaried so many of what last year were first-time experiences. b. intransitive. To mark or celebrate an anniversary, esp. a wedding anniversary. ΚΠ 1896 Methodist 6 June 6/4 Lugar Brae anniversaried recently. Revs. G. Martin and C. E. Graham were the preachers. 1953 Aiken (S. Carolina) Standard & Rev. 12 May May is such a nice month to be born, wedded, or anniversarying in. 1983 Galveston (Texas) Daily News 11 June 2/2 Anniversarying today are Mr. and Mrs. Francis Wilson, who are celebrating their 58th. 2012 @thetimtracker 17 June in twitter.com (O.E.D. Archive) Sorry buddy, Jenn and I are anniversarying tonight. 2. transitive. Business (originally and chiefly U.S.). In the context of a company's year-on-year financial reporting: to pass the anniversary of (something which had a financial effect, esp. a negative one, in the previous year). ΚΠ 1992 CNN News (transcript of TV programme) (Nexis) 28 July That's what held sales down last year, so we're building now—we've already had the down year-to-year effect. Now we've anniversaried that, and we'll be going on top of it. 1996 Barron's 1 July 22/4 In '96, there are a number of good things happening... Obviously, too, you are anniversarying the effect of the devaluation of the peso. 1999 Chem. Market Reporter 3 May 20/1 Almost all companies have now anniversaried the worst of their Asian results, so the comparisons in Asian operations are up. 2010 Independent (Nexis) 15 Sept. 32 A trend to trading up and better balanced autumn ranges should allow M&S to anniversary tougher comparisons. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.adj.c1230v.1841
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