Ascension
 

ascension
noun1.(Christianity) celebration of the Ascension of Christ into heaven; observed on the 40th day after Easter2.a movement upward; "they cheered the rise of the hot-air balloon"[syn: rise][ant: fall]3.(New Testament) the rising of the body of Jesus into heaven on the 40th day after his Resurrection4.(astronomy) the rising of a star above the horizon5.the act of changing location in an upward direction[syn: rise]