ascension

ascension has 8 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 9.

Definitions

• n.. The act of ascending; a rising; ascent.
• n.. Specifically: The visible ascent of our Savior on the fortieth day after his resurrection. (Acts i. 9.) Also, Ascension Day.
• n.. An ascending or arising, as in distillation; also that which arises, as from distillation.
• n.. the act of changing location in an upward direction
• n.. (astronomy) the rising of a star above the horizon
• n.. (New Testament) the rising of the body of Jesus into heaven on the 40th day after his Resurrection
• n.. a movement upward; "they cheered the rise of the hot-air balloon"
• n.. (Christianity) celebration of the Ascension of Christ into heaven; observed on the 40th day after Easter