annunciation

[ uh-nuhn-see-ey-shuhn ]

noun

1. (often initial capital letter) the announcement by the angel Gabriel to the Virgin Mary of her conception of Christ.
2. (initial capital letter) a representation of this in art.
3. (initial capital letter) Also called Lady Day. the church festival on March 25 in memory of this.
4. an act or instance of announcing; proclamation:

   the annunciation of a new foreign policy.

Annunciation

/ əˌnʌnsɪˈeɪʃən /

noun

1. the Annunciation
   New Testament the announcement of the Incarnation by the angel Gabriel to the Virgin Mary (Luke 1:26–38)
2. Also calledAnnunciation Day the festival commemorating this, held on March 25 (Lady Day)

Annunciation

1. An announcement made by the angel Gabriel to Mary, the mother of Jesus , that she was going to bear a son, even though she was a virgin. Her son was to be called Jesus .

Word History and Origins

Origin of annunciation¹

1350–1400; Middle English an ( n ) unciacio ( u ) n (< Anglo-French ) < Medieval Latin annūnciātiōn-, stem of annūnciātiō, for Late Latin adnūntiātiō; annunciate, -ion

Example Sentences

Indeed, the Annunciation is retold in the Holy Book of Islam not once, but twice.

From The Daily Beast

A brief pause before the final, sacred annunciation: "My darling, the Sistine chapel is fashion."

From The Daily Beast

It is the flower specially dedicated to the Virgin Mary, and which is so familiar to us in the old paintings of the Annunciation.

From Project Gutenberg

The annunciation of this doctrine was greeted by the critic of the "Edinburgh Review" with the insolent: "This will never do."

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Another silence succeeded this annunciation of the character Duncan had assumed.

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What would that Madonna of the Annunciation be, without the little shrine into which she shrinks back?

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At the appointed hour the town-crier proclaimed the meeting, and the church-bells of the city also gave the annunciation.

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