Ascension

(as-sen's hun.) (Theol.) The reception of our Saviour into glory, after His last appearance on earth: celebrated in the Christian Church on the last Thursday but one before Whit sunday.-(Astron.) The right A. of a star is the equinoctial included between a certain point called the vernal equinox and the point cut by the circle of declination of that star. The right A. and declination of a star correspond to the lon. and lat. of ap lace on our globe. Ascension, an island in the Atlantic Ocean, 280 m. N.W. of St. Helena, Lat. 7° 55′55″ S., Lon. 14° 25' 5" W. It is a watering-place for ships, and was taken po e ion of by the English in 1815. [s. 51]