Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Annual.
  • noun An annual publication.
  • noun A priest who says annual masses; an annueler.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective obsolete Annual.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective obsolete annual; yearly
  • noun obsolete A yearbook.

Etymologies

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Compare French annuaire.

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Examples

  • He named stars of the wild goat, or Capricorn, those where the sun, having reached the highest point in his annuary tract, rests at the summit of the horary gnomon, and imitates the goat, who delights to climb the summit of the rocks.

    The Ruins, or, Meditation on the Revolutions of Empires and the Law of Nature 1788

  • With a view to taxation, for various reasons, every man ought to have had his property valued: and the tribesmen should likewise bring a register of the yearly produce to the wardens of the country, that in this way there may be two valuations; and the public officers may use annuary whichever on consideration they deem the best, whether they prefer to take a certain portion of the whole value, or of the annual revenue, after subtracting what is paid to the common tables.

    Laws 2006

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