Ascension Day
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of Ascension Day
Middle English word dating back to 1325–75
Example Sentences
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The eurozone’s data calendar will be light, while Ascension Day on Thursday will be a public holiday in a number of countries.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 8, 2026
The monarch doesn’t celebrate the anniversary of the date she became queen, known as Ascension Day, as it is also the anniversary of her father’s death.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 7, 2022
Festa della Sensa, a 12th-century observance of the city’s marriage to the sea on Ascension Day, offered only so much economic impact.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 15, 2019
As a famous letter written by his disciple Cuthbert tells it, the Venerable Bede lay surrounded by colleagues, who took their leave in order to attend the morning’s Ascension Day service.
From The New Yorker ● Oct. 29, 2014
On Ascension Day, at Kingmoor Races, Carlisle, in 1809, the subscription belt was won by William Richardson of Caldbeck; and the Mayor's belt by Joseph Stalker of Welton.
From Wrestling and Wrestlers: Biographical Sketches of Celebrated Athletes of the Northern Ring; to Which is Added Notes on Bull and Badger Baiting by Sidney Gilpin
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