ascension

noun

1. (Christianity) celebration of the Ascension of Christ into heaven; observed on the 40th day after Easter
2. a movement upward; rise above the ground"they cheered the rise of the hot-air balloon"
3. (New Testament) the rising of the body of Jesus into heaven on the 40th day after his Resurrection
4. (astronomy) the rising of a star above the horizon
5. the act of changing location in an upward direction