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CARM Theological Dictionary
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• Assumption of Moses
Hastings' NT Dictionary
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1910 New Catholic Dictionary
• Sisters of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin
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1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
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• Feast of Assumption
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
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McClintock and Strong's Bible Encyclopedia
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• Assumption of the Virgin
• Moses, Ascension or Assumption of
The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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The Jewish Encyclopedia
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• Proslepsis; or Assumption

(1):

(n.) The act of assuming, or taking to or upon one's self; the act of taking up or adopting.

(2):

(n.) The act of taking for granted, or supposing a thing without proof; supposition; unwarrantable claim.

(3):

(n.) The thing supposed; a postulate, or proposition assumed; a supposition.

(4):

(n.) The minor or second proposition in a categorical syllogism.

(5):

(n.) The taking of a person up into heaven.

(6):

(n.) A festival in honor of the ascent of the Virgin Mary into heaven.