Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun ascension_day

1 sense of ascension day

Sense 1
Ascension, Ascension Day, Ascension of the Lord -- ((Christianity) celebration of the Ascension of Christ into heaven; observed on the 40th day after Easter)
       => holy day of obligation -- (a day when Catholics must attend Mass and refrain from servile work, and Episcopalians must take Communion)