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English Dictionary: ascension	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for ascension
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Ascension n (Christianity) celebration of the Ascension of Christ into heaven; observed on the 40th day after Easter Synonym(s): Ascension, Ascension Day, Ascension of the Lord a movement upward; "they cheered the rise of the hot-air balloon" Synonym(s): rise, rising, ascent, ascension Antonym(s): fall (New Testament) the rising of the body of Jesus into heaven on the 40th day after his Resurrection Synonym(s): Ascension, Ascension of Christ (astronomy) the rising of a star above the horizon the act of changing location in an upward direction Synonym(s): rise, ascent, ascension, ascending
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ascension \Ascen"sion\, n. [F. ascension, L. ascensio, fr. ascendere. See {Ascend}.] 1. The act of ascending; a rising; ascent. 2. Specifically: The visible ascent of our Savior on the fortieth day after his resurrection. (--Acts i. 9.) Also, Ascension* Day. 3. An ascending or arising, as in distillation; also that which arises, as from distillation. Vaporous ascensions from the stomach. --Sir T. Browne. {Ascension Day}, the Thursday but one before Whitsuntide, the day on which commemorated our Savior's ascension into heaven after his resurrection; -- called also {Holy Thursday}. {Right ascension} (Astron.), that degree of the equinoctial, counted from the beginning of Aries, which rises with a star, or other celestial body, in a right sphere; or the arc of the equator intercepted between the first point of Aries and that point of the equator that comes to the meridian with the star; -- expressed either in degrees or in time. {Oblique ascension} (Astron.), an arc of the equator, intercepted between the first point of Aries and that point of the equator which rises together with a star, in an oblique sphere; or the arc of the equator intercepted between the first point of Aries and that point of the equator that comes to the horizon with a star. It is little used in modern astronomy.
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Ascension See {CHRIST}.