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

3 senses of annunciation

Sense 1
Annunciation, Lady Day, Annunciation Day, March 25 -- (a festival commemorating the announcement of the Incarnation by the angel Gabriel to the Virgin Mary; a quarter day in England, Wales, and Ireland)
       => quarter day -- (a Christian holy day; one of four specified days when certain payments are due)

Sense 2
Annunciation -- ((Christianity) the announcement to the Virgin Mary by the angel Gabriel of the incarnation of Christ)
       INSTANCE OF=> announcement, promulgation -- (a public statement containing information about an event that has happened or is going to happen; "the announcement appeared in the local newspaper"; "the promulgation was written in English")

Sense 3
announcement, proclamation, annunciation, declaration -- (a formal public statement; "the government made an announcement about changes in the drug war"; "a declaration of independence")
       => statement -- (a message that is stated or declared; a communication (oral or written) setting forth particulars or facts etc; "according to his statement he was in London on that day")