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Annunciation

//əˌnʌnsɪˈeɪ̯ʃn̩// name, noun

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    The announcement by the archangel Gabriel to Mary that she would give birth to a son, namely Jesus. Celebrated on 25th March.
Noun
  1. 1
    The act of annunciating. countable, uncountable

    ""Not in the least; I saw it was an abbreviation from the first annunciation of the marriage, as communicated by the earl of Rotheles; here it is.""

  2. 2
    a formal public statement wordnet
  3. 3
    a festival commemorating the announcement of the Incarnation by the angel Gabriel to the Virgin Mary; a quarter day in England, Wales, and Ireland wordnet

Etymology

From Middle English annunciacion, annunciation, from Latin annuntiātiō and Old French anonciacion.

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