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ascension n. [
Ascension, Ascension Day, Ascension of the Lord] (Christianity) celebration of the Ascension of Christ into heaven; observed on the 40th day after Easter
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ascension n. [
rise, rising, ascent] a movement upward; "they cheered the rise of the hot-air balloon"
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ascension n. [
Ascension, Ascension of Christ] (New Testament) the rising of the body of Jesus into heaven on the 40th day after his Resurrection
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ascension n. (astronomy) the rising of a star above the horizon
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ascension n. [
rise, ascent, ascending] the act of changing location in an upward direction
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