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Definition of: ascension
(ə·sen′shən) noun
1. The act of ascending.
2. Astron. The elevating or rising of a star above the horizon in the celestial sphere.
—the Ascension Theol.
The bodily ascent of Christ into heaven after the Resurrection, commemorated on Ascension Day (also Holy Thursday), the fortieth day after Easter. [<L ascensio, -onis <ascendere. See ASCEND.]
—as·cen′sion·al adjective
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