(n.) The act of announcing; announcement; proclamation; as, the annunciation of peace.
(n.) The announcement of the incarnation, made by the angel Gabriel to the Virgin Mary.
(n.) The festival celebrated (March 25th) by the Church of England, of Rome, etc., in memory of the angel's announcement, on that day; Lady Day.
Example Sentences:
(1) From the plague's ominous annunciation, the first dead rat, rotting on the turn of the stair in the protagonist's apartment block, to the end of the first act and the prefect's terse command, "close the town", plot fits meaning with tailored perfection.
(2) The criteria annunciated by Murray are stressed, since they will raise a suspicion of the presence of calcium "milk" on views taken with a vertical x-ray beam.
(3) The design includes both the ability to detect dangerous conditions and a digital annunciator to indicate which of the many leads being checked simultaneously is at fault.
(4) The principle annunciated by Charnley suggesting that total joint arthroplasty be performed in large units or special hospitals is strongly recommended.
(5) Art galleries now need to explain the agony in the garden, the raising of Lazarus and even the annunciation.
Archangel
Definition:
(n.) A chief angel; one high in the celestial hierarchy.
(n.) A term applied to several different species of plants (Angelica archangelica, Lamium album, etc.).
Example Sentences:
(1) Beautiful and ancient plants, such as spreading bellflower , could become extinct in some places through the escape of variegated yellow archangel from gardens.
(2) It is a problem brought from outside, from the EU," said Alexandre Galdava, an Orthodox priest at the Church of Archangel Michael in Tbilisi, who preaches that being gay is "a sexual choice based on debauchery".
(3) The Sun itself concluded: “We can’t just carry on with the status quo.” If the Archangel Gabriel came down from heaven and said decriminalising drugs would end war, banish poverty, reduce obesity and defeat child sex abuse, it would make no difference to a British cabinet.
(4) [Fuqua rolls up his sleeve to show a tattoo of the archangel Michael wielding his sword against the devil.]
(5) Lively accompaniment on the keyboard of the teeth To the soft refrains that Love sings in passionate hearts with Its archangel's voice to enchanting languidness!
(6) Archangel (£1.24) If you, like me, are a sucker for a decent dungeon-crawler, Archangel is well worth a look.
(7) Burial: Archangel As beautiful, moving and anthemic as dubstep, or indeed any genre of music, got in the noughties.
(8) Even back in the mid-60s, Walker wrote haunting songs such as Archangel, hinting at what was to come.
(9) To lead the Church of England, you should, ideally, combine the cunning of a Machiavelli with the majesty of the archangel Gabriel, but Welby has his advantages.He has advantages as an outsider.