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Noun: annunciation  u,nún-see'ey-shun
  1. A formal public statement
    "The company's annunciation of its new policy was met with mixed reactions";
    - announcement, proclamation, declaration
Noun: Annunciation
  1. (Christianity) the announcement to the Virgin Mary by the angel Gabriel of the incarnation of Christ
     
  2. A festival commemorating the announcement of the Incarnation by the angel Gabriel to the Virgin Mary; a quarter day in England, Wales, and Ireland
    - Lady Day, Annunciation Day, March 25

Derived forms: annunciations, Annunciations

Type of: announcement, promulgation, quarter day [Brit], statement

Part of: Mar, March

Encyclopedia: Annunciation, The Orders of the