Meaning of descension | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Descent; the act of descending.
   archaic, countable, uncountable
2. The descent below the horizon of a celestial body.
   countable, obsolete, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“Death is followed by either ascension into a higher plane or descension into a lower plane.”

“From a God to a Bull? a heavy descension. It was Jove's case.”

“For in regard of time (as we elsewhere declare⟳) the stars do vary⟳ their longitudes, and consequently the times of their ascension and descension.”

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