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Descension

//dɪˈsɛnʃən// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Descent; the act of descending. archaic, countable, uncountable

    "Death is followed by either ascension into a higher plane or descension into a lower plane."

  2. 2
    The descent below the horizon of a celestial body. countable, obsolete, uncountable

    "For in regard of time (as we elsewhere declare) the stars do vary their longitudes, and consequently the times of their ascension and descension."

Etymology

From Middle English descencioun, from Old French descension, from Latin dēscēnsiō, dēscēnsiōnem.

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