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