English to English noun
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(Christianity) celebration of the Ascension of Christ into heaven; observed on the 40th day after Easter | | source: wordnet30
2 |
a movement upward | | Example: they cheered the rise of the hot-air balloon
source: wordnet30
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(New Testament) the rising of the body of Jesus into heaven on the 40th day after his Resurrection | | source: wordnet30
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(astronomy) the rising of a star above the horizon | | source: wordnet30
5 |
the act of changing location in an upward direction | | source: wordnet30
6 |
The act of ascending; a rising; ascent. | | source: webster1913
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