annunciation
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle English annunciacion, annunciation, from Latin annuntiātiō and Old French anonciacion.
Pronunciation[edit]
- Rhymes: -eɪʃən
Noun[edit]
annunciation (countable and uncountable, plural annunciations)
- The act of annunciating.
- 1838 (date written), L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XVII, in Lady Anne Granard; or, Keeping up Appearances. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn, […], published 1842, →OCLC, page 217:
- "Not in the least; I saw it was an abbreviation from the first annunciation of the marriage, as communicated by the earl of Rotheles; here it is."
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
act of annunciating
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