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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006) |
Ascension
n 1: (Christianity) celebration of the Ascension of Christ into
heaven; observed on the 40th day after Easter [syn:
Ascension, Ascension Day, Ascension of the Lord]
2: a movement upward; "they cheered the rise of the hot-air
balloon" [syn: rise, rising, ascent, ascension] [ant:
fall]
3: (New Testament) the rising of the body of Jesus into heaven
on the 40th day after his Resurrection [syn: Ascension,
Ascension of Christ]
4: (astronomy) the rising of a star above the horizon
5: the act of changing location in an upward direction [syn:
rise, ascent, ascension, ascending]
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2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Ascension \As*cen"sion\, n. [F. ascension, L. ascensio, fr.
ascendere. See Ascend.]
1. The act of ascending; a rising; ascent.
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2. Specifically: The visible ascent of our Savior on the
fortieth day after his resurrection. (--Acts i. 9.) Also,
Ascension Day.
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3. An ascending or arising, as in distillation; also that
which arises, as from distillation.
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Vaporous ascensions from the stomach. --Sir T.
Browne.
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Ascension Day, the Thursday but one before Whitsuntide, the
day on which commemorated our Savior's ascension into
heaven after his resurrection; -- called also Holy
Thursday.
Right ascension (Astron.), that degree of the equinoctial,
counted from the beginning of Aries, which rises with a
star, or other celestial body, in a right sphere; or the
arc of the equator intercepted between the first point of
Aries and that point of the equator that comes to the
meridian with the star; -- expressed either in degrees or
in time.
Oblique ascension (Astron.), an arc of the equator,
intercepted between the first point of Aries and that
point of the equator which rises together with a star, in
an oblique sphere; or the arc of the equator intercepted
between the first point of Aries and that point of the
equator that comes to the horizon with a star. It is
little used in modern astronomy.
[1913 Webster]
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3. Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary |
Ascension
See CHRIST.
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4. U.S. Gazetteer Counties (2000) |
Ascension -- U.S. Parish in Louisiana
Population (2000): 76627
Housing Units (2000): 29172
Land area (2000): 291.529360 sq. miles (755.057544 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 11.353324 sq. miles (29.404973 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 302.882684 sq. miles (784.462517 sq. km)
Located within: Louisiana (LA), FIPS 22
Location: 30.203822 N, 90.940966 W
Headwords:
Ascension
Ascension, LA
Ascension Parish
Ascension Parish, LA
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Thesaurus Results for Ascension:
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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 |
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