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Ascension Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Ascension?
[n] the act of changing location in an upward direction
[n] (astronomy) the rising of a star above the horizon [n] (New Testament) the rising of the body of Jesus into heaven on the 40th day after his resurrection [n] a movement upward; "they cheered the rise of the hot-air balloon" [n] (Christianity) celebration of the Ascension of Christ into heaven; observed on the 40th day after Easter Synonyms | Synonyms for Ascension: ascending | Ascension Day | Ascension of Christ | Ascension of the Lord | ascent | ascent | rise | rise | rising Related Terms | Find terms related to Ascension: anabasis | apotheosis | ascent | assumption | clamber | climb | climbing | elevation | escalade | fountain | gathering | gush | gyring up | increase | jet | jump | leap | levitation | mount | mounting | resurrection | rise | rising | rocketing up | saltation | shooting up | soaring | spout | spring | spurt | surge | takeoff | taking off | the Ascension | the Assumption | translation | upclimb | upcoming | updraft | upgang | upgo | upgoing | upgrade | upgrowth | uphill | upleap | uplift | upping | uprisal | uprise | uprising | uprush | upshoot | upslope | upsurge | upsurgence | upsweep | upswing | vault | zooming See Also | change of location | climb | climb | climbing | elevation | heave | heave | heaving | heaving | holy day of obligation | levitation | lift | liftoff | miracle | motion | mount | mounting | move | movement | raising | rapid climb | rapid growth | soar | takeoff | travel | upheaval | uplift | uplifting | upthrow | upthrust | zoom | zoom Ascension In Webster's Dictionary \As*cen"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.
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