returning with the year, at a stated time; annual; yearly; as, an anniversary feast.-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.-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.-the celebration which takes place on an anniversary day.