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ascension day
Word definitions for ascension day in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Ascension \As*cen"sion\, n. [F. ascension, L. ascensio, fr. ascendere. See Ascend .] The act of ascending; a rising; ascent. Specifically: The visible ascent of our Savior on the fortieth day after his resurrection. ( --Acts i. 9.) Also, Ascension Day. ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. The fortieth day of Easter, that is the Thursday 39 days after Easter.
Usage examples of ascension day.
From that ascension day on, Rouleau found it impossible to buy a beer, a meal or even a pretzel in Sió.
Mannx clapped his small, pudgy hands like a boy on his Ascension day.
A trip to Chatou was arranged for Ascension Day, May 18, by the train leaving Paris from the St.
In June, 1878, the South Wales Daily News recorded a superstition of the quarrymen at Penrhyn, where some thousands of men refused to work on Ascension Day.
Chesterton | A grand ap-pre-c-a-ti-on | Of Brixton on Ascension Day.