noun
(Christianity) celebration of the Ascension of Christ into heaven
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Ascension Day
Ascension of the Lord
Examples
- observed on the 40th day after Easter
noun
a movement upward
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- they cheered the rise of the hot-air balloon
noun
(New Testament) the rising of the body of Jesus into heaven on the 40th day after his Resurrection
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Ascension of Christ
noun
(astronomy) the rising of a star above the horizon
noun
the act of changing location in an upward direction
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