Ascensión
WordNet
noun
(1) The act of changing location in an upward direction
(2) (astronomy) the rising of a star above the horizon
(3) (New Testament) the rising of the body of Jesus into heaven on the 40th day after his Resurrection
(4) A movement upward
"They cheered the rise of the hot-air balloon"
(5) (Christianity) celebration of the Ascension of Christ into heaven; observed on the 40th day after Easter
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Etymology
, shortened from María (de la) Ascensión, a Roman Catholic epithet of the Virgin Mary; also referring to birth on Ascension Day.