Annunciation

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  • noun. The act of announcing.
  • noun. An announcement; a proclamation.
  • noun. The angel Gabriel's announcement to the Virgin Mary of the Incarnation, observed as a feast on March 25.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. The act of announcing; proclamation; promulgation: as, the annunciation of a peace; “the annunciation of the gospel,”
  • noun. Specifically The announcement to Mary, by the angel Gabriel, of the incarnation of Christ.
  • noun. [capitalized] Eccles., the festival instituted by the church in memory of the announcement to Mary that she should bring forth a son who should be the Messiah. It is solemnized on the 25th of March.
  • noun. An order of nuns founded about 1500 at Bourges, France, by Queen Jeanne of Valois, after her divorce from Louis XII.
  • noun. An order of nuns founded about 1604 at Genoa, Italy, by Maria Vittoria Fornari.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. The act of announcing; announcement; proclamation.
  • noun. undefined
  • noun. The announcement of the incarnation, made by the angel Gabriel to the Virgin Mary.
  • noun. 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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  • noun. The act of annunciating.
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  • noun. a formal public statement
  • noun. (Christianity) the announcement to the Virgin Mary by the angel Gabriel of the incarnation of Christ
  • noun. a festival commemorating the announcement of the Incarnation by the angel Gabriel to the Virgin Mary; a quarter day in England, Wales, and Ireland
  • Word Usage
    "Let us now address her with the prayer that recalls the annunciation by the Angel."
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