Ascension - Definition
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]