Annunciation: Definition and part of speech

Annunciation

  1. n. The festival celebrated (March 25th) by the Church of England, of Rome, etc., in memory of the angel’s announcement, on that day; Lady Day.
  2. n. The act of announcing; announcement; proclamation; as, the annunciation of peace.
  3. n. The announcement of the incarnation, made by the angel Gabriel to the Virgin Mary.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Annual: Definition and part of speech

Annual

  1. n. A Mass for a deceased person or for some special object, said daily for a year or on the anniversary day.
  2. a. Of or pertaining to a year; returning every year; coming or happening once in the year; yearly.
  3. a. Performed or accomplished in a year; reckoned by the year; as, the annual motion of the earth.
  4. a. Lasting or continuing only one year or one growing season; requiring to be renewed every year; as, an annual plant; annual tickets.
  5. n. A thing happening or returning yearly; esp. a literary work published once a year.
  6. n. Anything, especially a plant, that lasts but one year or season; an annual plant.
  7. The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.