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ascension

English

  1. 🔊 (astronomy) the rising of a star above the horizon
  2. 🔊 (New Testament) the rising of the body of Jesus into heaven on the 40th day after his Resurrection
  3. 🔊 (Christianity) celebration of the Ascension of Christ into heaven
  4. 🔊 the act of changing location in an upward direction
  5. 🔊 a movement upward
    “they cheered the rise of the hot-air balloon”

Spanish

  1. 🔊 ascensión ascension

Similar words

rise ascent ascending ascension of christ rise rising ascent ascension day ascension of the lord anabasis apotheosis ascent assumption clamber climb climbing elevation escalade fountain gathering gush gyring up increase jet