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English
Etymology
From Middle English annunciacion, annunciation, from Latin annuntiātiō and Old French anonciacion.
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Noun
annunciation (countable and uncountable, plural annunciations)
- The act of annunciating.
1838 (date written), L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XVII, in Lady Anne Granard; or, Keeping up Appearances. , volume I, London: Henry Colburn, , published 1842, →OCLC, page 217:"Not in the least; I saw it was an abbreviation from the first annunciation of the marriage, as communicated by the earl of Rotheles; here it is."
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