An anniversary (from the Latin Latin or sometimes Roman is an Italic language originally spoken in Latium and Ancient Rome. Although often considered a dead language, in view of the fact that it has no native, fluent speakers, Latin continues to be taught in schools and has been, and currently is, used in the process of new word production in modern languages from many anniversarius, from the words for year and to turn, meaning (re)turning yearly; known in English since c Circa means "approximately", usually referring to a date. 1230) is a day that commemorates and/or celebrates a past event that occurred on the same day of the year as the initial event. For example, the first event is the initial occurrence or, if planned, the inaugural of the event. One year later would be the first anniversary of that event. The word was first used for Catholic Catholicism is a broad term for the body of the Catholic faith, its theologies and doctrines, its liturgical, ethical, spiritual, and behavioral characteristics, as well as a religious people as a whole feasts to commemorate saints Saints are individuals of exceptional holiness who are important in many religions, particularly Christianity. In some usages, the word "saint" is used more generally to refer to anyone who is a Christian, or anyone who is in Heaven.
For monthly recurrences, one might say mensiversary, from the Latin word mensis, for month, and versus, meaning to (re)turn. Mensiversary was used in a 1925 Time magazine Time is an American news magazine. A European edition (Time Europe, formerly known as Time Atlantic) is published from London. Time Europe covers the Middle East, Africa and, since 2003, Latin America. An Asian edition (Time Asia) is based in Hong Kong. As of 2009, Time no longer publishes a Canadian advertiser edition. The South Pacific edition, article, titled 18th Mensiversary.
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Anniversary names
- Birthdays A birthday, as the term implies, is the day or anniversary of the particular day on which a person was born. Though by no means universal, birthdays are celebrated in numerous cultures, often with a party or, in some instances, a rite of passage. Though major religious traditions such as the Buddhist or the Christian celebrate the birth of their (v.) are the most common type of anniversary, where the birth date of a person is commemorated annually. The actual celebration is sometimes moved for practical reasons, as in the case of an official birthday.
- Wedding anniversaries In the Commonwealth realms, one can receive a message from the monarch for 60th, 65th, and 70th wedding anniversaries, and any wedding anniversary after that. This is done by applying to Buckingham Palace in the United Kingdom, or to the Governor-General's office in the other Commonwealth realms are also often celebrated on the same day of the year as the wedding occurred.
- Death anniversary A death anniversary is a custom observed in several Asian cultures including China, Pakistan, India, Japan, Korea, and Vietnam, as well as in other nations with significant overseas Chinese, Japanese, Korean, and Vietnamese populations. Like a birthday, it is celebrated each year, but instead of on the date of birth of the individual being.
The Latin phrase dies natalis (literally birth day) has become a common term, adopted in many languages, especially in intellectual and institutional circles, for the anniversary of the founding ("legal or statutory birth") of an institution, such as an alma mater Alma mater , pronounced /ˈælmə ˈmeɪtər/ (UK), /ˈɑːlmə ˈmɑːtər/ (US), was used in ancient Rome as a title for various mother goddesses, especially Ceres or Cybele, and in Medieval Christianity for the Virgin Mary (college or other school). Even in ancient Rome, we know of the [dies] Aquilae natalis ("birthday of the eagle", anniversary of the official founding of a legion).
Most countries around the world celebrate national anniversaries, for example the United States Bicentennial The United States Bicentennial was celebrated on Sunday, July 4, 1976, the 200th anniversary of the adoption of the Declaration of Independence. These could be the date of independence of the nation or the adoption of a new constitution A constitution is a set of laws that a set of people have made and agreed upon for government—often codified as a written document—that enumerates and limits the powers and functions of a political entity. These rules together make up, i.e. constitute, what the entity is. In the case of countries and autonomous regions of federal countries the or form of government. The important dates in a sitting monarch's reign may also be commemorated, an event often referred to as a 'Jubilee'.
Anniversaries of nations are usually marked by the number of years elapsed described with Latin words or Roman numerals.
Latin-derived numerical names
Latin terms for anniversaries are mostly straight forward, particularly those relating to the first twenty years (1-20), those relating to multiples of ten years (30, 40, 60, 70 etc.), and those relating to multiples of centuries or milennia (100, 200, 300, 1000, 2000, 3000 etc.) In these instances, the anniversary generally comes from a derivative of the Latin word for the respective number of years. However, when anniversaries relate to fractions of centuries (125, 150, 175, 250 years - i.e. 1.25, 1.5, 1.75, and 2.5 centuries) the situation is not as simple.
Roman fractions Roman numerals are a numeral system of ancient Rome based on letters of the alphabet, which are combined to signify the sum of their values. The first ten Roman numerals are were based on a duodecimal system. From 1/12 to 8/12 they were described as multiples of twelfths (uncia "twelfth"; the source of the English words inch and ounce) and from 9/12 to 11/12 they were described as multiple-twelfths less than the next whole unit - i.e. a whole unit less 3/12, 2/12 or 1/12 respectively. There were also special terms for quarter (quadrans The quadrans was a low-value Roman bronze coin worth one quarter of an as. The quadrans was issued from the beginning of cast bronze coins during the Roman Republic with three pellets representing three unciae as a mark of value. The obverse type, after some early variations, featured the bust of Hercules, while the reverse featured the prow of a), half (semis), and three-quarters (dodrans The dodrans was an Ancient Roman bronze coin produced during the Roman Republic). Dodrans The dodrans was an Ancient Roman bronze coin produced during the Roman Republic is a Latin contraction of de-quadrans which means "a whole unit less a quarter" (de means "from"; quadrans means "quarter". Thus for the example of 175 years, the term is a quarter century less than the next whole (bi)century or 175 = (-25 + 200).[1]
In Latin it seems that this rule did not apply literally for 1-½. Whereas "secundus" is Latin for "second", or "bis" for "twice" these terms are not used such as in sesqui-secundus. Instead just sesqui (or ses) is used by itself. This may be because it relates to a ratio of one - thus it means "and a half" compared to "one". (It may also be because 1/8 in Latin is sescuncia, sescunciae (from sesqui- + uncia, i.e. 1½ uncias) defined as one-and-a-half twelfths (3/2 x 1/12 = 1/8).)
Therefore care needs to be taken when determining anniversary names. Often unfortunate results occur when new anniversary names are coined by adding, subtracting or multiplying the root elements inapproriately when dealing with either whole numbers or fractions.
| Anniversary | Preferred Term | Other Terms | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1/2 yearly | Biannual | ||
| 1 year | Annual | ||
| 2 years | Biennial | ||
| 3 years | Triennial | ||
| 4 years | Quadrennial | ||
| 5 years | Quinquennial | ||
| 6 years | Sexennial | ||
| 7 years | Septennial | ||
| 8 years | Octennial | ||
| 9 years | Novennial | ||
| 10 years | Decennial | ||
| 11 years | Undecennial | ||
| 12 years | Duodecennial | ||
| 13 years | Tredecennial | ||
| 14 years | Quattuordecennial | ||
| 15 years | Quindecennial | ||
| 20 years | Vigintennial | Vicennial | |
| 50 years | Semicentennial | Quinquagenary | |
| 75 years | Dodranscentennial | - | Dodrans The dodrans was an Ancient Roman bronze coin produced during the Roman Republic is a Latin contraction of de-quadrans which means "a whole unit less a quarter" (de means "from"; quadrans means "quarter". 75 years is a quarter century less than a whole century or 75 = (-25 + 100).[2]. |
| Dodracentennial | Alternative Latin form of Dodranscentennial | ||
| Dequascentennial | Alternative Latin form of Dodranscentennial | ||
| Semisesquicentennial | Probably a modern coined term. Demisesquicentennial or Hemisesquicentennialis are other similar variants. | ||
| 100 years | Centennial A century is one hundred consecutive years. It is also a Roman term. Centuries are numbered ordinally in English and many other languages (e.g. "the seventh century AD/CE") | ||
| 125 years | Quasquicentennial | Term is broken down as quasqui- (and a quarter) centennial (100 years). Quasqui is a contraction from quadrans The quadrans was a low-value Roman bronze coin worth one quarter of an as. The quadrans was issued from the beginning of cast bronze coins during the Roman Republic with three pellets representing three unciae as a mark of value. The obverse type, after some early variations, featured the bust of Hercules, while the reverse featured the prow of a "a quarter" plus the clitic conjunction -que "and". The term was coined by Funk and Wagnalls editor Robert L. Chapman in 1962.[3] | |
| 150 years | Sesquicentennial | Term broken down as sesqui- (one and a half) centennial (100 years) | |
| 175 years | Dodransbicentennial | - | Dodrans The dodrans was an Ancient Roman bronze coin produced during the Roman Republic is a Latin contraction of de-quadrans which means "a whole unit less a quarter" (de means "from"; quadrans means "quarter". 175 years is a quarter century less than the next whole (bi)century or 175 = (-25 + 200).[4]. |
| Dodrabicentennial | Alternative Latin form of Dodransbicentennial | ||
| Dequasbicentennial | Alternative Latin form of Dodransbicentennial | ||
| Dosquicentennial | Dosquicentennial has been used in modern times[5] and this is perhaps a modern contraction of "de-quadrans". However, it seems inappropriate to combine the terms que and de when dealing with such Roman fractions. In any event, if such a conjunction was appropriate then it would perhaps more likely have been "Dosquibicentennial" (but the result is little shorter anyway).[6] | ||
| Demisemiseptcentennial | Probably a modern coined term - broken down as demi- (half) x semi- (half) x sept- (7) centennial (100 years) = 175 years. | ||
| Quartoseptcentennial | Probably a modern coined term - broken down as quarto- (¼) x sept- (7) centennial (100 years) = 175 years. | ||
| Terquasquicentennial | First used by Bell Laboratories in celebrating its 175th anniversary as a corporation. Is a coined word for an anniversary of 175 years, but the elements of the word literally refer to an anniversary of 375 years, as follows: ter- (3) x quasqui- (1¼) x centennial (100 years) | ||
| Septaquintaquinquecentennial | Suggested by lexicographer Robert L. Chapman to William Safire; first appeared in Safire's column, "On Language" (The New York Times Magazine, 12 February 1995). It is a coined word for an anniversary of 175 years, but the elements of the word literally refer to an anniversary of 35,000 years, as follows: septaquinta- (70) x quinque- (5) x centennial (100 years) | ||
| 200 years | Bicentennial | ||
| 250 years | Sestercentennial | - | To express 2-½ in Latin it would be expressed as "half-three". The term relates to being halfway [from the second] to the third integer. In Latin this is "Sestertius The sestertius, or sesterce, was an ancient Roman coin. During the Roman Republic it was a small, silver coin issued only on rare occasions. During the Roman Empire it was a large brass coin" which is a contraction of semis (halfway) tertius (third) - hence Sestercentennial.[7] |
| Semiquincentennial | Probably a modern coined term: semi- (half) x quin (5) x cen(t)- (100) x centennial (250 years) | ||
| Bicenquinquagenary | Used by Princeton University Princeton University is a private research university located in Princeton, New Jersey, United States. The school is one of the eight universities of the Ivy League, and is one of the nine Colonial Colleges founded before the American Revolution in 1996 and Washington and Lee University Washington and Lee University is a private liberal arts college in Lexington, Virginia, United States in 1999. It is a coined word for an anniversary of 250 years, but the elements of the word literally refer to an anniversary of 10,000 years, as follows: bi- (2) x cen(t)- (100) x quinquagenary (50 years) | ||
| 300 years | Tercentennial | Tricentennial | |
| 350 years | Sesquarcentennial | - | Sesquarcentennial for 350 years is deduced here from the "Sestertius The sestertius, or sesterce, was an ancient Roman coin. During the Roman Republic it was a small, silver coin issued only on rare occasions. During the Roman Empire it was a large brass coin" definition for 250 years above. For 350 years it relates to being halfway from the third to the fourth integer. Thus a contraction of semis (halfway) an quartus (fourth) - hence Sesquarcentennial. |
| Semiseptcentennial | Probably a modern coined term: semi- (half) x sept(7) x cen(t)- (100) x centennial (350 years) | ||
| 400 years | Quadricentennial | Quatercentenary | |
| 500 years | Quincentennial | ||
| 600 years | Sexcentennial | ||
| 700 years | Septicentennial | Septuacentennial | |
| 800 years | Octocentennial | ||
| 900 years | Nonacentennial | ||
| 1000 years | Millennial A millennium is a period of time equal to one thousand years (from the Latin phrase mille, thousand, and annus, year), often but not necessarily related numerically to a particular dating system | ||
| 2000 years | Bimillennial |
Anniversary symbols
Many anniversaries have special names. Etiquette in Society, in Business, in Politics and at Home by Emily Post Post was born as Emily Price in Baltimore, Maryland, into privilege as the only daughter of architect Bruce Price and his wife Josephine Lee Price of Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. She was educated at home and attended Miss Graham's finishing school in New York, where her family had moved. She met Edwin Post, her husband-to-be, at a ball in one of, published in 1922, contained suggestions for wedding anniversary gifts for 1, 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 50 and 75 years.[8] Wedding anniversary gift suggestions for other years were added in later editions and publications; they now comprise what is referred to as the "traditional" list. Generally speaking, the longer the period, the more precious and/or durable the material associated with it. See wedding anniversary In the Commonwealth realms, one can receive a message from the monarch for 60th, 65th, and 70th wedding anniversaries, and any wedding anniversary after that. This is done by applying to Buckingham Palace in the United Kingdom, or to the Governor-General's office in the other Commonwealth realms for a general list of the wedding anniversary symbols; however, there are variations in some national traditions.
Furthermore, there exist numerous partially overlapping, partially contradictory lists of anniversary gifts (such as wedding stones), separate from the 'traditional' names.
The concepts of a person's birthday stone Early civilizations such as India and Babylon have attributed gemstones with magical properties. Over time, astrologers assigned gems of certain colors to the twelve signs of the zodiac to help people influence the planets in their favor and zodiac stone, by contrast, are fixed for life according to the day of the week, month or astrological sign corresponding to the recipient's birthday A birthday, as the term implies, is the day or anniversary of the particular day on which a person was born. Though by no means universal, birthdays are celebrated in numerous cultures, often with a party or, in some instances, a rite of passage. Though major religious traditions such as the Buddhist or the Christian celebrate the birth of their.
See also
References
- ^ 175th Jubilee
- ^ 175th Jubilee
- ^ http://www.jstor.org/pss/454178#journalInfo The History of Quasquicentennial, Robert L. Champan
- ^ 175th Jubilee
- ^ Missouri Secretary of State Local Records Inventory Database
- ^ 175th Jubilee
- ^ 175th Jubilee
- ^ Wedding Anniversary Gifts
Sources and External links
- Creative Anniversary Calculator
- Extensive (and often contradictory) lists of anniversary names from The Math Forum - Ask Dr. Math
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