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单词 anniversary day
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anniversary dayn.

Brit. /ˌanᵻˈvəːs(ə)rɪ ˌdeɪ/, U.S. /ˌænəˈvərs(ə)ri ˌdeɪ/
Forms: see anniversary n. and adj. and day n.
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; probably modelled on a Latin lexical item. Etymons: anniversary n., day n.
Etymology: < anniversary n. + day n., probably after classical Latin diēs anniversārius day in any year which corresponds to a particular day in an earlier year, in post-classical Latin also day marking the completion of one or more years since the death or funeral of a particular person (6th cent.; from 13th cent. in British sources).
1. 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; = anniversary n. 1a. historical and rare in later use.
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the world > time > particular time > an anniversary > [noun] > birthday > anniversary of a person's death
anniversary day1449
death day1579
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.
c1451 J. Capgrave Life St. Gilbert (1910) 124 (MED) Thus lay sche wakyng þere be þe sepulter all þat anniuersary day.
1633 tr. M. Leczycki Glory of B. Father S. Ignatius of Loyola (new ed.) xxi. 284 An Oration made vpon his [sc. St. Charles's] anniuersary day before an other Cardinall Borromeus.
1670 T. Blount Νομο-λεξικον: Law-dict. Anniversary days (dies anniversarii) were of old those days, wherein the Martyrdoms or Deaths of Saints were celebrated yearly in the Church; or the days whereon, at every years end, Men were wont to pray for the Souls of their deceased Friends, according to the continued custom of Roman Catholicks.
?1768–9 Encycl. Brit. (1771) I. 317/2 Anniversary days, in old times more particularly, denoted those days in which an office was performed for the souls of the deceased, or the martyrdom of the saints was celebrated in the church.
1841 A. Page Suppl. Suffolk Traveller 474 In 1449, John Henman devised by will, three closes..to the intent that his anniversary-day should be kept in the parish church of Occold.
2004 R. Van Dam tr. Gregory of Tours Glory of Confessors (new ed.) 4 Many ill people are cured on his [sc. St. Eusebius'] anniversary day.
2. The day in any year which corresponds to a particular day in an earlier year; (hence) the date on which an event of ecclesiastical, national, or personal importance is marked or remembered annually; = anniversary n. 2a.
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the world > time > particular time > an anniversary > [noun]
anniversaryc1230
year's daya1393
year-day1431
birthday1556
anniversary day1567
anniverse1618
anniversal1635
anni1890
1567 W. Painter Palace of Pleasure II. f. 17 Upon this Anniuersarie day of Artaxerxes coronation.
1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch Morals 596 Not onely we, keepe yeerely holiday then, but also the whole country of Phocis (upon that anniversarie day) is full of sacrifices and due honours.
1713 J. Edwards Theologia Reformata I. ii. 679 The Church hath ordain'd certain Anniversary Days to celebrate the Mysteries and Actions relating to the Restauration of Mankind by Christ Jesus.
1808 C. James Poems II. (ed. 3) 266 (heading) Anniversary day of the fifteenth regiment of Light Dragoons, To commemorate their glorious Conduct on the 27th of April, 1794, at Villars en Couche.
1859 Man. Plain Devotions 102 On the anniversary day of our Baptism.
1895 25th Anniv. N.Y. Geneal. & Biogr. Soc. Introd. p. v It was decided to give a reception in the rooms of the Society on the afternoon of the Anniversary Day.
1925 E. Fraser & J. Gibbons Soldier & Sailor Words 242 Remembrance Day, the Armistice anniversary day—November 11th.
2007 R. Perry Coons ‘You used to live in my House’ x. 557 Louisa and I spent our anniversary day going to three different beaches and relating it to having been married on the beach.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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