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ascensional

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as⋅cen⋅sion

  [uh-sen-shuhn]
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–noun
1. the act of ascending; ascent.
2. the Ascension, the bodily ascending of Christ from earth to heaven.
3. (initial capital letter) Ascension Day.
Origin:
1300–50; ME ascencioun (< AF) < L ascēnsiōn- (s. of ascēnsiō), equiv. to ascēns(us) risen up (ptp. of ascendere, equiv. to ascend- climb up (see ascend ) + -tus ptp. suffix) + -iōn- -ion

Related forms:
as⋅cen⋅sion⋅al, adjective
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as·cen·sion   (ə-sěn'shən)   
n.  

  1. The act or process of ascending; ascent.

  2. Astronomy The rising of a star above the horizon.

  3. Ascension

    1. In Christianity, the bodily rising of Jesus into heaven on the 40th day after his Resurrection.

    2. A feast celebrating this event, observed on Ascension Day.


[Middle English ascensioun, from Old French ascention, from Latin ascēnsiō, ascēnsiōn-, from ascēnsus, past participle of ascendere, to ascend; see ascend.]
as·cen'sion·al adj.
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