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ascension

 
Dictionary: as·cen·sion   (ə-sĕn'shən) pronunciation
 
n.
  1. The act or process of ascending; ascent.
  2. Astronomy. The rising of a star above the horizon.
  3. Ascension
    1. In Christianity, the bodily rising of Jesus into heaven on the 40th day after his Resurrection.
    2. A feast celebrating this event, observed on Ascension Day.

[Middle English ascensioun, from Old French ascention, from Latin ascēnsiō, ascēnsiōn-, from ascēnsus, past participle of ascendere, to ascend. See ascend.]

ascensional as·cen'sion·al adj.
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Thesaurus: ascension
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noun

  1. The act of rising or moving upward: ascent, rise, rising. See rise/fall.
  2. The act of moving upward on or along: ascent, climb. See rise/fall.

 
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n

Definition: going up
Antonyms: declension, decline, descendancy, descending


 
Columbia Encyclopedia: Ascension
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Ascension, name usually given to the departure of Jesus from earth as related in the Gospels according to Mark (16) and Luke (24) and in Acts 1.1–11. The annual commemoration of this is one of the principal feasts in most Christian churches. Ascension Thursday, as it is called, occurs on the 40th day after Easter, being the Thursday of the sixth week of Easter. In early English usage this festival was known as Holy Thursday.


 
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Common misspelling(s) of ascension

  • accension

 
Translations: Ascension
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Dansk (Danish)
n. - Kristi Himmelfart

idioms:

  • ascension day    Kristi Himmelfartsdag

n. - Ascension

Nederlands (Dutch)
het (op)stijgen, hemelvaart

Français (French)
n. - ascension

idioms:

  • Ascension Day    (Relig) jour/fête de l'Ascension

Deutsch (German)
n. - Aufstieg, Auffahrt

idioms:

  • Ascension Day    Himmelfahrt

n. - Ascension

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (θρησκ.) η Ανάληψη του Σωτήρα, άνοδος, ανάβαση, ανάληψη

idioms:

  • ascension day    (θρησκ.) εορτή της Αναλήψεως

Italiano (Italian)
ascensione

idioms:

  • ascension day    l'Ascensione

Português (Portuguese)
n. - ascensão (f), subida (f), elevação (f), Ascensão (Rel.)

idioms:

  • ascension day    dia (m) da ascensão

Русский (Russian)
восхождение, подъем

idioms:

  • ascension day    фень Вознесения

Español (Spanish)
n. - ascensión

idioms:

  • Ascension Day    día de la Ascensión

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - uppstigande

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
升高, 上升, 升天, 即位, 登基

idioms:

  • ascension day    耶稣升天节

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 升高, 上升, 升天, 即位, 登基

idioms:

  • ascension day    耶穌升天節

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 상승, 그리스도의 승천

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 上昇, キリストの昇天

idioms:

  • ascension day    昇天日

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) صعود, عيد الصعود, صعودي‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮עלייה, התרוממות, עלייתו של ישו לשמיים ביום הרביעי לתחייתו‬
n. - ‮אסנסיון‬


 
 
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