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n. The act or process of ascending; ascent.

n. Astronomy The rising of a star above the horizon.

n. In Christianity, the bodily rising of Jesus into heaven on the 40th day after his Resurrection.

n. A feast celebrating this event, observed on Ascension Day.

n. The act of ascending; an ascent

n. The act of ascending; a rising; ascent.

n. Specifically: The visible ascent of our Savior on the fortieth day after his resurrection. (Acts i. 9.) Also, Ascension Day.

n. An ascending or arising, as in distillation; also that which arises, as from distillation.

n. The act of ascending; a rising; specifically, the bodily passing from earth to heaven of Christ, in the presence of his disciples (Mark xvi. 19; Luke xxiv. 50, 51; Acts i. 1–11).

n. [capitalized] The day on which the ascension of Christ is commemorated in the church; Ascension day.

n. That which rises or ascends; a fume.

n. In astronomy, the rising of a star or point above the horizon on the celestial sphere.

n. A going back in time, or in the order of genealogical succession; ascent.

n. In mod. astron., the right ascension of a star or point of the sphere is the arc of the equator intercepted between its circle of declination and the vernal equinox or first point of Aries, reckoned toward the east. This meaning is derived from the conception of an observer at a point on the earth's equator where all the stars rise vertically.

n. (New Testament) the rising of the body of Jesus into heaven on the 40th day after his Resurrection

n. (Christianity) celebration of the Ascension of Christ into heaven; observed on the 40th day after Easter

n. (astronomy) the rising of a star above the horizon

n. a movement upward

n. the act of changing location in an upward direction

"The state of your family will suggest level of (dis) favor and tell whether ascension is a realistic possibility; there are many levels of disfavor and the clues they offer to the unaware can be very subtle."

miracle    holy day of obligation    change of location    travel   

right ascension    ascension day    apparent right ascension    oblique ascension   

rising    ascent    rise   

Laurentian    apprehension    attention    comprehension    condescension    contention    convention    detention    dimension    dissension   

resurrection    transmigration    transfiguration    reincarnation    own    fell    Saturn