annunciation

[ uh-nuhn-see-ey-shuhn ]

/ əˌnʌn siˈeɪ ʃən /

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noun

(often initial capital letter) the announcement by the angel Gabriel to the Virgin Mary of her conception of Christ.

(initial capital letter) a representation of this in art.

(initial capital letter)Also called Lady Day. the church festival on March 25 in memory of this.

an act or instance of announcing; proclamation: the annunciation of a new foreign policy.

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Origin of annunciation

1350–1400; Middle English an(n)unciacio(u)n (<Anglo-French ) <Medieval Latin annūnciātiōn-, stem of annūnciātiō, for Late Latin adnūntiātiō;see annunciate, -ion

Words nearby annunciation

annulet, annulment, annulose, annulus, annunciate, annunciation, annunciator, annus horribilis, annus mirabilis, Annwfn, ano-

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How to use annunciation in a sentence

Indeed, the Annunciation is retold in the Holy Book of Islam not once, but twice.
The Origins of Islam: Tom Holland Explains New Book ‘In the Shadow of the Sword’|Tom Holland|May 9, 2012|DAILY BEAST
A brief pause before the final, sacred annunciation: "My darling, the Sistine chapel is fashion."
Fashion's Other Anna|Paul Flynn|September 26, 2010|DAILY BEAST
It is the flower specially dedicated to the Virgin Mary, and which is so familiar to us in the old paintings of the Annunciation.
The plant-lore and garden-craft of Shakespeare|Henry Nicholson Ellacombe
The annunciation of this doctrine was greeted by the critic of the "Edinburgh Review" with the insolent: "This will never do."
A History of the Nineteenth Century, Year by Year|Edwin Emerson

Another silence succeeded this annunciation of the character Duncan had assumed.
The Last of the Mohicans|James Fenimore Cooper
What would that Madonna of the Annunciation be, without the little shrine into which she shrinks back?
The Stones of Venice, Volume I (of 3)|John Ruskin
At the appointed hour the town-crier proclaimed the meeting, and the church-bells of the city also gave the annunciation.
Harper's New Monthly Magazine Vol. IV, No. 19, Dec 1851|Various

British Dictionary definitions for annunciation

Annunciation

/ (əˌnʌnsɪˈeɪʃən) /

noun

the Annunciation New Testament the announcement of the Incarnation by the angel Gabriel to the Virgin Mary (Luke 1:26–38)

Also called: Annunciation Day the festival commemorating this, held on March 25 (Lady Day)

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