"annunciation" in the noun sense
1. Annunciation, Lady Day, Annunciation Day, March 25
a festival commemorating the announcement of the Incarnation by the angel Gabriel to the Virgin Mary a quarter day in England, Wales, and Ireland
2. Annunciation
Christianity) the announcement to the Virgin Mary by the angel Gabriel of the incarnation of Christ
3. announcement, proclamation, annunciation, declaration
a formal public statement
"the government made an announcement about changes in the drug war"
"a declaration of independence"
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