ASCENSION OF CHRIST

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Ascension of Christ mean? 

• ASCENSION OF CHRIST (noun)
  The noun ASCENSION OF CHRIST has 1 sense:

1. (New Testament) the rising of the body of Jesus into heaven on the 40th day after his Resurrection

  Familiarity information: ASCENSION OF CHRIST used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ASCENSION OF CHRIST (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(New Testament) the rising of the body of Jesus into heaven on the 40th day after his Resurrection

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Synonyms:

Ascension; Ascension of Christ

Instance hypernyms:

miracle (a marvellous event manifesting a supernatural act of a divine agent)

Domain category:

New Testament (the collection of books of the Gospels, Acts of the Apostles, the Pauline and other epistles, and Revelation; composed soon after Christ's death; the second half of the Christian Bible)