Ascension Day
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of Ascension Day
Middle English word dating back to 1325–75
Example Sentences
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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
Peter & Paul, would be of little import to most of the guests on Ascension Day.
From Time Magazine Archive
Forty days after Easter Day, Jesus went up, or "ascended," into heaven; and our Church keeps that day holy, and calls it "The Ascension Day," because "ascension" means going up.
From "Granny's Chapters" (on scriptural subjects) by Ross, Lady Mary
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