What is the meaning of Ascension?

Christianity) celebration of the Ascension of Christ into heaven; observed on the 40th day after Easter.
- synonyms: Ascension Day, Ascension of the Lord
A movement upward.
- usage: "they cheered the rise of the hot-air balloon"
- synonyms: rise, rising, ascent
New Testament. ( the rising of the body of Jesus into heaven on the 40th day after his Resurrection)
- synonyms: Ascension of Christ
Astronomy) the rising of a star above the horizon. (
The act of changing location in an upward direction.
- synonyms: rise, ascent, ascending

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