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7. Assumption a. Theology. The bodily taking up of the Virgin Mary into heaven after her death. b. A Christian feast celebrating this event. c. August 15, the day on which this feast is observed.
[Middle English assumpcion, from Latin assumptiō, assumptiōn-, adoption, from assumptus past participle of assūmere, to adopt. See