wedding anniversary

noun

1. the annual commemoration of a couple's marriage.

   a tenth wedding anniversary.

Word History and Origins

Origin of wedding anniversary¹

First recorded in 1690–1700

Example Sentences

Oscar winners Catherine Zeta-Jones and Michael Douglas have celebrated their 25th wedding anniversary.

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Rebecca Chapman is in Jamaica for her 25th wedding anniversary and told BBC Radio 4's Today programme that she and her family have also been told not to leave their hotel room.

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Rebecca Chapman, who travelled to Jamaica for her 25th wedding anniversary, said she had arrived on Thursday evening just as storm preparations began.

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The King and Queen had a private meeting with Pope Francis on their 20th wedding anniversary in April, in one of the late pope's last meetings with high-profile visitors before he died.

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“We had a couple celebrating their 60th wedding anniversary,” Hanson said.

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