ascension

(ə-sĕn'shən)

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.]

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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.

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

• Christianity - Ascension: Christ’s bodily ascent into heaven following Resurrection

Common misspelling(s) of ascension

• accension

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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