ascension

Nouns

  • (n) (Christianity) celebration of the Ascension of Christ into heaven; observed on the 40th day after Easter Ascension Day, Ascension of the Lord,
  • (n) a movement upward
    • they cheered the rise of the hot-air balloon
    rising, ascent, rise,
  • (n) (New Testament) the rising of the body of Jesus into heaven on the 40th day after his Resurrection Ascension of Christ,
  • (n) (astronomy) the rising of a star above the horizon
  • (n) the act of changing location in an upward direction ascending, rise, ascent,

Synonyms

Ascension Day Ascension of the Lord rising ascent rise Ascension of Christ ascending

Antonyms

fall

Words of close approximity

ascensive
ascensional Ascension Day Ascension of Christ Ascension of the Lord