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Annunciation

Annunciation

9.9
A Christian festival on March 25 that marks the angel Gabriel's message to Mary that she would become Jesus' mother
  • noun
  • /əˌnʌn.siˈeɪ.ʃən/
  • Formal
translation icon : Anunciación
  • The festival of Annunciation is celebrated every year on March 25th.

Examples

  • The Annunciation

    Academic text (1993)

  • This Annunciation is, in reality, another image of the creativity so desired by Bonifacio, in which the creative spirit of the artist is at once manifested as mother and father.

    Academic text (2002)

  • During the service, the Annunciation was depicted through beautiful stained glass windows.

  • The story of the Annunciation reflects the moment when the angel Gabriel visited Mary.

Synonyms

Lady Day
vsAnnunciation
  • UK
1 8.4

A Christian festival on March 25 that celebrates an angel telling Mary she will have a baby

is the same religious festival without the added civic quarter day role
Annunciation Day
vsAnnunciation
  • UK
8.6

A Christian festival that remembers when the angel Gabriel told Mary she would have a son, held on March 25

is the same festival name but uses the plain form without the day suffix
March 25
vsAnnunciation
  • UK
5.1

A Christian festival celebrating the angel Gabriel's announcement to Mary and a traditional rent day in England

is the same festival but focused on religious commemoration rather than civil payments

Compounds

Annunciation Day
  • UK
8.6

A Christian festival that remembers when the angel Gabriel told Mary she would have a son, held on March 25

Annunciation lily
9.9

A white lily from the eastern Mediterranean often shown in Christian art

Surface Forms

Annunciation singular
Annunciations plural

Morphology

Annunciation = announce (transparent) = announce + ion

The festival name denotes the commemorative act of announcing and is derived from the verb 'announce' with a nominalizing suffix, so its meaning is inferable.

Etymology

Annunciation comes from the Latin annuntiare, meaning 'to announce', and is the name of the festival on March 25 that remembers the angel's message to Mary. So the festival's name points to that important announcement about the coming of Jesus.