Definition of "annunciation" []

• The act of announcing. (noun)
• An announcement; a proclamation. (noun)
• Christianity The angel Gabriel's announcement to the Virgin Mary of the Incarnation. (noun)
• Christianity The feast celebrating this event. (noun)
• Christianity March 25, the day on which this feast is observed. (noun)

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• "Let us now address her with the prayer that recalls the annunciation by the Angel."
• "Quivering as at some "annunciation", she went slowly forward."
• "I thought of the medieval Netherlandish altarpieces I love so much: Sometimes the central panel -- be it a picture of the annunciation, the crucificion, or a martyrdom -- is flanked by panels depicting portraits of the altarpiece donors (often husband and wife, male and female)."