descension

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/dɪˈsɛnʃən/

Definition of descension

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noun

(archaic, countable, uncountable)Descent; the act of descending.

“Death is followed by either ascension into a higher plane or descension into a lower plane.”
“From a God to a Bull? a heavy descension. It was Jove's case.”

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noun

(archaic, countable, uncountable)Descent; the act of descending.

“Death is followed by either ascension into a higher plane or descension into a lower plane.”
“From a God to a Bull? a heavy descension. It was Jove's case.”
(countable, obsolete, uncountable)The descent below the horizon of a celestial body.

“For in regard of time (as we elsewhere declare) the stars do vary their longitudes, and consequently the times of their ascension and descension.”

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From Middle English descencioun, from Old French descension, from Latin dēscēnsiō, dēscēnsiōnem.

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