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Ascension Day

NOUN
Holy Thursday
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Trade is quiet, with many European investors away due to the Ascension Day holiday.

From The Wall Street Journal May 14, 2026

The monarch doesn’t celebrate the anniversary of the date she became queen, known as Ascension Day, as it is also the anniversary of her father’s death.

From Seattle Times Feb. 7, 2022

Festa della Sensa, a 12th-century observance of the city’s marriage to the sea on Ascension Day, offered only so much economic impact.

From Washington Post Aug. 15, 2019

As a famous letter written by his disciple Cuthbert tells it, the Venerable Bede lay surrounded by colleagues, who took their leave in order to attend the morning’s Ascension Day service.

From The New Yorker Oct. 29, 2014

Many curious beliefs, superstitions, customs, and legends are directly related to Ascension Day.

From Armenian Legends and Festivals by Boettiger, Louis A.




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