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descensions

descensions is the plural of descension.

Meaning of descension

Noun

descension (countable and uncountable, plural descensions)

  1. (archaic) Descent; the act of descending.
    • Death is followed by either ascension into a higher plane or descension into a lower plane.
  2. (obsolete) The descent below the horizon of a celestial body.
    • For in regard of time (as we elsewhere declare) the stars do vary their longitudes, and consequently the times of their ascension and descension.1646, Sir Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica, VI.3

Questions about descensions

What is descensions the plural of?
Descensions is the plural of descension.

Words near descensions in the dictionary

  1. descends into the arena
  2. descends on
  3. descends upon
  4. descension
  5. descensional
  6. descensions
  7. descensive
  8. descensories
  9. descensory
  10. descent
  11. descent group

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