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ascension
/əˈsɛnʃən/ · 9 letters · 7 distinct letters
- noun
(Christianity) celebration of the Ascension of Christ into heaven; observed on the 40th day after Easter
- noun
a movement upward
they cheered the rise of the hot air balloon
- noun
(New Testament) the rising of the body of Jesus into heaven on the 40th day after his Resurrection
- noun
(astronomy) the rising of a star above the horizon
- noun
the act of changing location in an upward direction