Annunciation

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. The act of announcing.
  • n. An announcement; a proclamation.
  • n. Christianity The angel Gabriel's announcement to the Virgin Mary of the Incarnation.
  • n. Christianity The feast celebrating this event.
  • n. Christianity March 25, the day on which this feast is observed.
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  • n. The act of annunciating.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. The act of announcing; announcement; proclamation.
  • n.
  • n. The announcement of the incarnation, made by the angel Gabriel to the Virgin Mary.
  • n. The festival celebrated (March 25th) by the Church of England, of Rome, etc., in memory of the angel's announcement, on that day; Lady Day.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. The act of announcing; proclamation; promulgation: as, the annunciation of a peace; “the annunciation of the gospel,”
  • n. Specifically The announcement to Mary, by the angel Gabriel, of the incarnation of Christ.
  • n. [capitalized] Eccles., the festival instituted by the church in memory of the announcement to Mary that she should bring forth a son who should be the Messiah. It is solemnized on the 25th of March.
  • n. An order of nuns founded about 1500 at Bourges, France, by Queen Jeanne of Valois, after her divorce from Louis XII.
  • n. An order of nuns founded about 1604 at Genoa, Italy, by Maria Vittoria Fornari.
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  • n. a formal public statement
  • n. (Christianity) the announcement to the Virgin Mary by the angel Gabriel of the incarnation of Christ
  • n. a festival commemorating the announcement of the Incarnation by the angel Gabriel to the Virgin Mary; a quarter day in England, Wales, and Ireland
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    announcement    promulgation    quarter day   
    Cross Reference
    order of the annunciation   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    announcement    proclamation   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    backplate    xxxix    flaying    forn    annunciator   
     
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