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.
 
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