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ascensionist

noun
as·cen·sion·ist | \ -ch(ə)nə̇st \
plural -s

Definition of ascensionist 

1 : one that makes ascensions or ascents a balloon ascensionist

2 often capitalized : one of a group of 19th century Christians that prepared for the coming of Christ, the end of the world, and the ascension of the faithful specifically : millerite

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