the Annunciation

noun

: March 25 celebrated as a Christian festival in memory of the announcement to the Virgin Mary that she would be the mother of Christ

Examples of the Annunciation in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Father and son firefighters who first responded, a mother and daughter who were teachers at the school and the Annunciation principal and his wife have all told stories. — Heather Brown, CBS News, 20 Sep. 2026

The mass shootings came as Minnesota approaches the one-year anniversary of the Annunciation Catholic Church shooting that killed two children — 10-year-old Harper Moyski and 8-year-old Fletcher Merkel — and injured 28 others. — Mara H. Gottfried, Twin Cities, 20 July 2026

Think of doves in paintings of the Annunciation or dead pheasants in Dutch still-life paintings. — Literary Hub, 10 June 2026

Violence plagued the city in 2025, including deadly attacks on state politicians in the Minneapolis suburbs; gunfire that erupted at a popular city picnic spot; and a shooting during Mass at the Church of the Annunciation that left two children dead and more than a dozen people injured. — ABC News, 28 May 2026

Rhymes for the Annunciation

• abbreviation
• abomination
• acceleration
• accentuation
• accommodation
• accreditation
• acculturation
• accumulation
• acetylation
• adjudication
• administration
• adulteration