angel Gabriel's announcement to Mary of the incarnation of Jesus; church holiday commemorating this announcement
announcement, declaration
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Annunciation Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
(n.)
The festival celebrated (March 25th) by the Church of England, of Rome, etc., in memory of the angel's announcement, on that day; Lady Day.
The festival celebrated (March 25th) by the Church of England, of Rome, etc., in memory of the angel's announcement, on that day; Lady Day.
(n.)
The announcement of the incarnation, made by the angel Gabriel to the Virgin Mary.
The announcement of the incarnation, made by the angel Gabriel to the Virgin Mary.
(n.)
The act of announcing; announcement; proclamation; as, the annunciation of peace.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. AboutThe act of announcing; announcement; proclamation; as, the annunciation of peace.
annunciation
\an*nun`ci*a"tion\ (?; 277), n. [l. annuntiatio: cf. f. annonciation.]
1. the act of announcing; announcement; proclamation; as, the annunciation of peace.
2. (eccl.) (a) the announcement of the incarnation, made by the angel gabriel to the virgin mary. (b) the festival celebrated (march 25th) by the church of england, of rome, etc., in memory of the angel's announcement, on that day; lady day.
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annunciation lily
Proclamation
Noun
1. a festival commemorating the announcement of the Incarnation by the angel Gabriel to the Virgin Mary; a quarter day in England, Wales, and Ireland
(synonym) Lady Day, Annunciation Day, March 25
(hypernym) quarter day
(part-holonym) March, Mar
2. (Christianity) the announcement to the Virgin Mary by the angel Gabriel of the incarnation of Christ
(hypernym) announcement, promulgation
(classification) Christianity, Christian religion
Noun
1. a formal public statement; "the government made an announcement about changes in the drug war"; "a declaration of independence"
(synonym) announcement, proclamation, declaration
(hypernym) statement
(hyponym) edict
Annunciation Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
The Annunciation (anglicised from the Latin Vulgate Luke 1:36-39 Annuntiatio nativitatis Christi), also referred to as the Annunciation to the Blessed Virgin Mary or Annunciation of the Lord, is the Christian celebration of the announcement by the angel Gabriel to the Virgin Mary that she would conceive and become the mother of Jesus, the Son of God, marking his Incarnation. Gabriel told Mary to name her son Jesus, meaning "Saviour". Many Christians observe this event with the Feast of the Annunciation on 25 March, nine full months before Christmas, the birthday of Jesus. According to , the Annunciation occurred "in the sixth month" of Elizabeth's pregnancy with John the Baptist.
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Annunciation Definition from Religion & Spirituality Dictionaries & Glossaries
Annunciation Announcing; in Christianity, the foretelling to Mary of Jesus' birth by the angel Gabriel, celebrated on Lady Day, March 25. The fire and lamps used in this ceremony apparently point back to the marriage of Vulcan with Venus, to the Magi watching over the sacred fire in the East, to the Vestal Virgins in the West, and to the marriage of Father Sun with Mother Nature.
Some parallels from other religions are the luminous San-tusita (Bodhisat) appearing to Maya and announcing the coming birth of Gautama Buddha; the Hindu legend that there would be born the son of the Virgin (Krishna), the date of whose death marked the beginning of kali yuga; and in Egypt where scenes of an annunciation appear in the temple of Luxor.
Some parallels from other religions are the luminous San-tusita (Bodhisat) appearing to Maya and announcing the coming birth of Gautama Buddha; the Hindu legend that there would be born the son of the Virgin (Krishna), the date of whose death marked the beginning of kali yuga; and in Egypt where scenes of an annunciation appear in the temple of Luxor.
