ascension




ascension - noun

  • (Christianity) celebration of the Ascension of Christ into heaven; observed on the 40th day after Easter
  • a movement upward
  • (New Testament) the rising of the body of Jesus into heaven on the 40th day after his Resurrection
  • (astronomy) the rising of a star above the horizon
  • the act of changing location in an upward direction
  • ascension - thesaurus

    ascending   ascent   rise   rising