1. (

• Ascension ,
• Ascension_Day ,
• Ascension_of_the_Lord

) (Christianity) celebration of the Ascension of Christ into heaven; observed on the 40th day after Easter ;

2. (

• rise ,
• rising ,
• ascent ,
• ascension

) a movement upward; "they cheered the rise of the hot-air balloon" ;

3. (

• Ascension ,
• Ascension_of_Christ

) (New Testament) the rising of the body of Jesus into heaven on the 40th day after his Resurrection ;

4. (

• ascension ,

) (astronomy) the rising of a star above the horizon ;

5. (

• rise ,
• ascent ,
• ascension ,
• ascending

) the act of changing location in an upward direction ;