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/əˈsenSHən/,
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ascensions, plural;
  1. The act of rising to an important position or a higher level
    • - his ascension to the ranks of pop star
  2. The ascent of Christ into heaven on the fortieth day after the Resurrection

  1. (Christianity) celebration of the Ascension of Christ into heaven; observed on the 40th day after Easter
  2. rise: a movement upward; "they cheered the rise of the hot-air balloon"
  3. (New Testament) the rising of the body of Jesus into heaven on the 40th day after his Resurrection
  4. (astronomy) the rising of a star above the horizon
  5. rise: the act of changing location in an upward direction
  6. Ascensión is a one of the 67 municipalities of Chihuahua, in northern Mexico. The capital lies at Ascensión. The municipality covers an area of .
  7. The Christian doctrine of the Ascension holds that Jesus ascended to heaven in the presence of eleven of his Apostles following his resurrection, and that in heaven he sits at the right hand of God the Father.
  8. Ascension was an American comic book series created by David Finch and Matt "Batt" Banning and published by Top Cow. It ran for 22 issues, from October 1997 to March 2000, and was then canceled due to low sales. In addition, there was also an additional #0 bonus issue and a #1/2 Wizard preview.
  9. Ascension (also known as Pigbrook) is a small community located mainly on Route 160 from 3 miles NE of Tignish. Ascension is within the Canadian province of Prince Edward Island, in Eastern Canada.
  10. Halo 2 is a first-person shooter video game developed by Bungie Studios. Released for the Xbox video game console on November 9, 2004, the game is the second video game title in the Halo franchise and the sequel to 2001's critically-acclaimed ''''. ...
  11. Ascension Island is an isolated volcanic island in the equatorial waters of the South Atlantic Ocean, around from the coast of Africa, and from the coast of South America which is roughly midway between the horn of South America and Africa. ...
  12. The act of ascending; an ascent
  13. (Ascensions) Paris: Arthaud, 2003
  14. The spiritual acceleration of consciousness. The ritual of the ascension is permanently reuniting and becoming one with God and occurs after one has met specific requirements.
  15. Ascension is a change in the focus of consciousness. The souls acceleration into higher consciousness. It is the natural, on-going evolutionary process of all creation. As eternal, spiritual beings, we were created by God to expand through experience. ...
  16. Christ's departure from the Earth forty days after his rising from the dead (Mark 16:19, Luke 24:51, Acts 1:9, 11). He rose to Heaven under his own power, as the fully divine God in a fully human (but resurrected) body. Compare: Assumption.
  17. Christian doctrine of the physical ascension of the resurrected body of Jesus Christ to heaven to be with his Father, celebrated 40 days after Easter; the prophet Elijah and the Virgin Mary are also asserted by dogma of the Roman Catholic Church to have ascended bodily to heaven. ...
  18. Part of the Festival icons, this is the image of Christ going up to heaven with the apostles as witnesses. It follows the account of the Ascension in Acts 1:11.
  19. Having completed the birth/death cycle and balanced the karma. Entering into the next stage of expression.
  20. The act of rising, referring to a variety of acts, such as a king’s or God’s ascension to the throne (e.g., in the “enthronement psalms”; Pss 29, 93, 95–99) or a person’s ascension to heaven (as with Enoch, Gen 5:24). ...
  21. Luke (24:50, cf. Mark 16:19) reports that the disciples watched Jesus ascend into heaven. The Book of Acts (1:19-11) adds that Jesus, in the words of an angel, "will come back in the same way as you have seen him go to heaven." This alludes to the Christian belief in the Second Coming of Christ.
  22. The New Age lotto; a feat performed by Jesus on Good Friday, thus explaining why so many New Agers act like Christians; see Sananda. Also: to ascend (v)
  23. Due to the obliquity of the ecliptic, some signs rise over the horizon faster than others. Signs of long ascension require more time to rise than signs of short ascension. In the northern hemisphere, the signs of long ascension are Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra, Scorpio, and Sagittarius. ...
  24. The bodily taking up of Jesus into the heavens to be at the right hand of God the Father.  The account of Jesus' ascension is record by Luke in Acts 1:4-11.
  25. Jesus' return to Heaven at the end of his life on earth.