Ascension

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See also: ascension, ascensión, and Ascensión

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Proper noun

Ascension

  1. (religion) Entry into heaven while still alive.
  2. (Christianity, specifically) The believed entry of Jesus Christ into heaven after his resurrection.
  3. (Christianity) A holiday celebrating the Ascension of Jesus, 40 days after Easter.
  4. Ellipsis of Ascension Island.
    • 2023, Martin MacInnes, In Ascension, Atlantic Books, page 453:
      For a relatively unpromising scrap of land – 88 square kilometres of infertile shore and mountain – Ascension attracted a lot of interest.

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Proper noun

Ascension f

  1. (Christianity) Ascension; the holiday commemorating the Ascension of Jesus

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Etymology

From ascension, from Latin ascēnsiō, ascēnsiōnem.

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Ascension f

  1. (Jersey, Christianity) Ascension
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