annunciation
(often initial capital letter) the announcement by the angel Gabriel to the Virgin Mary of her conception of Christ.
(initial capital letter) a representation of this in art.
(initial capital letter)Also called Lady Day. the church festival on March 25 in memory of this.
an act or instance of announcing; proclamation: the annunciation of a new foreign policy.
Origin of annunciation
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How to use annunciation in a sentence
Indeed, the annunciation is retold in the Holy Book of Islam not once, but twice.
The Origins of Islam: Tom Holland Explains New Book ‘In the Shadow of the Sword’ | Tom Holland | May 9, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTA brief pause before the final, sacred annunciation: "My darling, the Sistine chapel is fashion."
It is the flower specially dedicated to the Virgin Mary, and which is so familiar to us in the old paintings of the annunciation.
The plant-lore and garden-craft of Shakespeare | Henry Nicholson EllacombeThe annunciation of this doctrine was greeted by the critic of the "Edinburgh Review" with the insolent: "This will never do."
A History of the Nineteenth Century, Year by Year | Edwin EmersonAnother silence succeeded this annunciation of the character Duncan had assumed.
The Last of the Mohicans | James Fenimore Cooper
What would that Madonna of the annunciation be, without the little shrine into which she shrinks back?
The Stones of Venice, Volume I (of 3) | John RuskinAt the appointed hour the town-crier proclaimed the meeting, and the church-bells of the city also gave the annunciation.
British Dictionary definitions for Annunciation
/ (əˌnʌnsɪˈeɪʃən) /
the Annunciation New Testament the announcement of the Incarnation by the angel Gabriel to the Virgin Mary (Luke 1:26–38)
Also called: Annunciation Day the festival commemorating this, held on March 25 (Lady Day)
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Cultural definitions for Annunciation
An announcement made by the angel Gabriel to Mary, the mother of Jesus, that she was going to bear a son, even though she was a virgin. Her son was to be called Jesus.
The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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