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