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Ascension Day

–noun

the 40th day after Easter, commemorating the Ascension of Christ; Holy Thursday.

[Origin: 1325–75; ME

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Ascension Day
n. The 40th day after Easter, on which the Christian feast of the Ascension is observed. Also called Holy Thursday.

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ascension day
noun
(Christianity) celebration of the Ascension of Christ into heaven; observed on the 40th day after Easter [syn: Ascension]

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Ascension Day noun

(also Holy Thursday) the day commemorating Christ's Ascension, ten days before Whitsunday

Arabic:	عيد الصُّعود
Chinese (Simplified):	耶稣升天节(复活节后第四十日)
Chinese (Traditional):	耶穌升天節(复活節后第四十日)
Czech:	Nanebevstoupení (Páně)
Danish:	Kristi himmelfartsdag
Estonian:	taevaminemispüha
Greek:	ημέρα της Αναλήψεως
Hungarian:	áldozócsütörtök
Indonesian:	Hari Kenaikan Isa Al-Masih
Italian:	giorno dell'Ascensione*

Latvian:	Debesbraukšanas diena
Lithuanian:	Šeštinės
Norwegian:	Kristi himmelfartsdag
Polish:	dzień wniebowstąpienia
Russian:	праздник Вознесения
Slovak:	Nanebovstúpenie Pána
Slovenian:	vnebovhod
Spanish:	día de la Ascensión
Swedish:	Kristi Himmelsfärdsdag
Turkish:	Miraç günü, Kutsal Perşembe