annunciation

See also: Annunciation

English

Etymology

From Middle English annunciacion, annunciation, from Latin annuntiātiō and Old French anonciacion.

Pronunciation
  • Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

annunciation (countable and uncountable, plural annunciations)

  1. 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."

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