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

1 sense of ascension of the lord

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)