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(astronomy) the rising of a star above the horizon (New Testament) the rising of the body of Jesus into heaven on the 40th day after his Resurrection (Christianity) celebration of the Ascension of Christ into heaven; observed on the 40th day after Easter the act of changing location in an upward direction a movement upward; "they cheered the rise of the hot-air balloon" |
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