ascension

noun

1. 1

   (New Testament) the rising of the body of Jesus into heaven on the 40th day after his Resurrection

2. 2

   the act of changing location in an upward direction

3. 3

   (astronomy) the rising of a star above the horizon

4. 4

   (Christianity) celebration of the Ascension of Christ into heaven; observed on the 40th day after Easter

5. 5

   a movement upward

   they cheered the rise of the hot-air balloon