ascension of christ

English Thesaurus

1. (New Testament) the rising of the body of Jesus into heaven on the 40th day after his Resurrection (noun.event)

instance hypernym	:	miracle,
definition	:	a marvellous event manifesting a supernatural act of a divine agent (noun.event)

domain category	:	new testament,
definition	:	the collection of books of the Gospels, Acts of the Apostles, the Pauline and other epistles, and Revelation; composed soon after Christ's death; the second half of the Christian Bible (noun.communication)