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