ANNUAL

Definitions

1. 1. A thing happening or returning yearly; esp. a literary work published once a year.
2. 2. Anything, especially a plant, that lasts but one year or season; an annual plant. Oaths . . . in some sense almost annuals; . . . and I myself can remember about forty different sets. Swift.
3. 3. A Mass for a deceased person or for some special object, said daily for a year or on the anniversary day.