Ascension Definition

ə-sĕnshən
noun
The act or process of ascending; ascent.
American Heritage
The act of ascending; ascent.
Webster's New World
The rising of a star above the horizon.
American Heritage
Ascension Day.
Webster's New World
In Christianity, the bodily rising of Jesus into heaven on the 40th day after his Resurrection.
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pronoun

(religion) Entering heaven while still alive.

Wiktionary

(Christianity) Specifically, the believed entry of Jesus Christ into heaven after his resurrection.

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(Christianity) A holiday celebrating the Ascension of Jesus, 40 days after Easter.

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Other Word Forms of Ascension

Noun

Singular:
ascension
Plural:
ascensions

Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Ascension

  • the Ascension

Origin of Ascension

  • Middle English ascensioun from Old French ascention from Latin ascēnsiō ascēnsiōn- from ascēnsus past participle of ascendere to ascend ascend

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Borrowing from Old French ascension, from Latin ascēnsiō, ascēnsiōnem (“ascent”).

    From Wiktionary

Ascension Sentence Examples

  • It is held forty days after Easter, or ten days before Whitsunday, in celebration of Christ's ascension into heaven forty days after the resurrection.

  • If the local sidereal time of the observation is known, the right ascension of the star becomes known by adding the observed hour angle to the sidereal time if the star is west of the meridian, or subtracting it if east of the meridian.

  • Ascension is connected by cable with Europe and Africa, and is visited once a month by mail steamers from the Cape.

  • Add in the ascensional difference to find the oblique ascension.

  • In 1900 direct telegraph working was established between London and Genoa, and a third cable was laid to South Africa via St Helena and Ascension.

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