annunciation
noun
the announcement by the angel Gabriel to the Virgin Mary of her conception of Christ.
annunciations
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pluralof annunciation.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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The tradition’s canonical scenes — annunciations, resurrections, saintly transfigurations — are unavoidably miraculous, no matter how they’re rendered.
From New York Times ● Aug. 25, 2022
In Colvin she is made to deliver her labored annunciations in service of playing a working-class girl motivated to take down venal big-city bosses because they essentially ruined her father’s life.
From New York Times ● Feb. 6, 2011
Hardly a word was dishonourable to him except what turned on his prophetic annunciations.
From Romola by George Eliot
In all "Holy Writ" we find accounts of "ascensions," "translations," "annunciations," and mortals caught up into the clouds.
From Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 12 Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Scientists by Elbert Hubbard
These annunciations speedily became the magnet of the day.
From St. Ronan's Well by Sir Walter Scott
