annunciation
See also: Annunciation
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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