Annunciation

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Annunciation \An*nun`ci*a"tion\ (?; 277), n. [L. annuntiatio:
     cf. F. annonciation.]
     1. The act of announcing; announcement; proclamation; as, the
        annunciation of peace.
        [1913 Webster]
  


     2. (Eccl.)
        (a) The announcement of the incarnation, made by the angel
            Gabriel to the Virgin Mary.
        (b) 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.
            [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Annunciation
       n 1: a festival commemorating the announcement of the Incarnation
            by the angel Gabriel to the Virgin Mary; a quarter day
            in England, Wales, and Ireland [syn: {Lady Day}, {Annunciation
            Day}, {March 25}]
       2: (Christianity) the announcement to the Virgin Mary by the
          angel Gabriel of the incarnation of Christ
       3: a formal public statement; "the government made an
          announcement about changes in the drug war"; "a
          declaration of independence" [syn: {announcement}, {proclamation},
           {declaration}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  51 Moby Thesaurus words for "annunciation":
     affirmance, affirmation, allegation, announcement, assertion,
     asseveration, averment, avouchment, avowal, bulletin board,
     circular, communique, conclusion, creed, declaration, dictum,
     edict, encyclical, enunciation, ipse dixit, manifesto, notice,
     notification, position, position paper, positive declaration,
     predicate, predication, proclamation, profession, program,
     programma, pronouncement, pronunciamento, proposition, protest,
     protestation, public notice, report, say, say-so, saying, stance,
     stand, statement, ukase, utterance, vouch, white book, white paper,
     word