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ascension
ascension
/ə ˈsɛn ʃən/
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(Christianity) celebration of the Ascension of Christ into heaven;…
ascension meaning(s)
- (n) (Christianity) celebration of the Ascension of Christ into heaven; observed on the 40th day after Easter
- (n) a movement upward
- (n) (New Testament) the rising of the body of Jesus into heaven on the 40th day after his Resurrection
- (n) (astronomy) the rising of a star above the horizon
- (n) the act of changing location in an upward direction
ascension usage(s)
- I first met Hu Jintao during his visit to Washington in 2002, shortly before his ascension to the pinnacle posts in China.
- In political terms, however, the ascension has been less smooth.
- ascension day ascension day (Christianity) celebration of the Ascension of Christ into heaven; observed…
- ascension of christ ascension of christ (New Testament) the rising of the body of Jesus into heaven on…
- ascension of the lord ascension of the lord (Christianity) celebration of the Ascension of Christ into…
- ascensional ascensional /ə ˈsɛn ʃə nL/ ? tending to rise
- ascensive ascensive tending or directed upward
- ascent ascent /ə ˈsɛnt/ ? an upward slope or grade (as in a road)
- ascertain ascertain /ˌæ sər ˈteɪn/ ? establish after a calculation, investigation, experiment, survey,…
- ascertainable ascertainable /ˌæ sə ˈtɛɪ nə bl/ ? capable of being ascertained or found out
- ascertained ascertained /ˌæ sər ˈteɪnd/ ? discovered or determined by scientific observation
- asceses asceses rigorous self-denial and active self-restraint
- ascesis ascesis rigorous self-denial and active self-restraint
- ascetic ascetic /ə ˈsɛ tɪk/ ? someone who practices self denial as a spiritual discipline
- ascetical ascetical /ə ˈsɛ tɪ kəl/ ? pertaining to or characteristic of an ascetic or the practice of…
- ascetically ascetically in an ascetic manner
- asceticism asceticism /ə ˈsɛ tɪ sɪ zəm/ ? the doctrine that through renunciation of worldly pleasures…
- asch asch /ˈæʃ/ ? United States writer (born in Poland) who wrote in Yiddish (1880-1957)
- aschelminthes aschelminthes unsegmented worms: roundworms; threadworms; eelworms
- asci asci saclike structure in which ascospores are formed through sexual reproduction of ascomycetes
- ascidiaceae ascidiaceae sometimes classified as an order: sea squirts
- ascidian ascidian minute sedentary marine invertebrate having a saclike body with siphons through…
- ascidian tadpole ascidian tadpole free-swimming larva of ascidians; they have a tail like a tadpole…
- ascii ascii /ˈæ ski/ ? (computer science) a code for information exchange between computers made by…
- ascii character ascii character any member of the standard code for representing characters by binary…