see CHRIST.

Noah Webster's New International Dictionary of the English Language

1. (n.) Rising; ascent; as the Ascension of Christ from earth to heaven.

2. (n.) Specifically: The visible ascent of our Savior on the fortieth day after his resurrection. (Acts i. 9.) Also, Ascension Day.

3. (n.) An ascending or arising, as in distillation; also that which arises, as from distillation.