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descension
/dɪˈsɛnʃən/
noun 2
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3ADJ.
heavy, higher, lower
DESCENSION + NOUN
jove's
PREP.
into
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noun
1
Descent; the act of descending.
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.
2
The descent below the horizon of a celestial body.
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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Death is followed by either ascension into a higher plane or descension into a lower plane.
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From a God to a Bull? a heavy descension. It was Jove's case.
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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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