Assumption, in Christianity, refers to the

Assumption of Mary The Assumption of Mary is one of the four Marian dogmas of the Catholic Church. Pope Pius XII defined it in 1950 in his apostolic constitution ''Munificentissimus Deus'' as follows: We proclaim and define it to be a dogma revealed by Go ...

, a belief in the taking up of the Virgin Mary into heaven. Assumption may also refer to:

Places

* Assumption, Alberta, Canada * Assumption, Illinois, United States **

Assumption Township, Christian County, Illinois Assumption Township is one of seventeen townships in Christian County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2010 census, its population was 1,418 and it contained 680 housing units. Geography According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of , a ...

* Assumption Island, Seychelles **

Assumption Island Airport Assumption Island Airport is an airport serving Assumption Island in the Seychelles. The island is southeast of the Aldabra Atoll and is part of the Aldabra Group. See also * *Transport in Seychelles *List of airports in Seychelles This is a ...

* Assumption, Minnesota, United States *

Assumption, Nebraska Assumption is an unincorporated community in Adams County, Nebraska Nebraska () is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States. It is bordered by South Dakota to the north; Iowa to the east and Missouri to the southeast, both ...

, United States *

Assumption, Ohio Assumption is a small unincorporated community and also a historically Irish (Catholic) community in southern Amboy Township, Fulton County, Ohio, United States. A part of the Toledo Metropolitan Area, it lies seven miles from the northern edge ...

, United States * Assumption Parish, Louisiana, United States

Arts, entertainment, and media

* "Assumption" (short story), a 1929 story by Samuel Beckett * Assumption of Moses, a Jewish apocryphal pseudepigraphical work of uncertain date and authorship

Churches

Assumption Chapel Assumption Chapel, also known as the Grasshopper Chapel, is a Roman Catholic church situated on the outskirts of Cold Spring, Minnesota. It was constructed in 1877, in petition for relief from the Grasshopper Plagues that devastated Midwest farm ...

, Minnesota, United States *

Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Church The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Church is a Catholic church of the Archdiocese of Detroit located at 13770 Gratiot Avenue in Detroit, Michigan. It is commonly known as the Assumption Grotto Church. The church community was founded in t ...

, Michigan, United States * Assumption – St. Paul, New York, United States *

Cathedral of the Assumption (disambiguation) Assumption Cathedral may refer to any of a number of cathedrals consecrated to the Assumption of Mary in the Roman Catholic tradition. Europe Austria * Assumption of Mary Cathedral, Sankt Pölten * Cathedral of the Assumption of Mary and St. Ru ...

Church of the Assumption (disambiguation) Church of the Assumption or Church of the Assumption of Mary may refer to: Bosnia and Herzegovina *Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Uskoplje *Church of the Assumption, Jajce Bulgaria *Church of the Assumption (Uzundzhovo) ...

Logic

Closed-world assumption The closed-world assumption (CWA), in a formal system of logic used for knowledge representation, is the presumption that a statement that is true is also known to be true. Therefore, conversely, what is not currently known to be true, is false. Th ...

, the presumption that a statement that is true is also known to be true, and a statement not known to be true is false *

Open-world assumption In a formal system of logic used for knowledge representation, the open-world assumption is the assumption that the truth value of a statement may be true irrespective of whether or not it is ''known'' to be true. It is the opposite of the close ...

, assumption that the truth value of a statement may be true irrespective of whether or not it is known to be true *

Tacit assumption A tacit assumption or implicit assumption is an assumption that underlies a logical argument, course of action, decision, or judgment that is not explicitly voiced nor necessarily understood by the decision maker or judge. These assumptions may be ...

, belief applied in developing a logical argument or decision that is not explicitly voiced nor necessarily understood by the decision maker **

Presupposition In the branch of linguistics known as pragmatics, a presupposition (or PSP) is an implicit assumption about the world or background belief relating to an utterance whose truth is taken for granted in discourse. Examples of presuppositions include ...

, a tacit assumption about the world or background belief relating to an utterance *

Unique name assumption The unique name assumption is a simplifying assumption made in some ontology languages and description logics. In logics with the unique name assumption, different names always refer to different entities in the world. It was included in Ray Reiter ...

, in logics where different names always refer to different entities in the world

Schools

Australia

Assumption College, Kilmore Assumption College (often known as ACK, where the K stands for Kilmore) is an Australian Catholic co-educational secondary day and boarding school. The school is located in the town of Kilmore, Victoria. The College was founded in 1893 by the ...

, Victoria *

Assumption College, Warwick Assumption College Warwick is a private Catholic high school in Warwick, Queensland, Australia that educates students in years 7-12. The school was established by the Sisters of Mercy The Sisters of Mercy is a religious institute of Catho ...

, Queensland

Canada

Assumption Catholic Secondary School Assumption Catholic Secondary School is a Catholic high school in Burlington, Ontario. Background The school population for the 2015-2016 school year was approximately 870. Assumption receives most new students from local separate elementary s ...

, Burlington, Ontario * Assumption College School, Windsor, Ontario * Assumption College School (Brantford), Ontario * Assumption University (Windsor, Ontario)

India

* Assumption College, Changanasserry, Kerala

Japan

Assumption Junior College was a junior college in Minoh, Osaka is a city in northwestern Osaka Prefecture, Japan. Its name is commonly romanized as "Minō" or "Minoo"; however, the city government officially uses the spelling Minoh in English. As of October 2016, the ...

, Osaka Prefecture

Philippines

* Assumption Antipolo *

Assumption College of Davao The Assumption College of Davao also referred to by its acronym ACD is a private Catholic basic and higher education institution run by the Missionaries of the Assumption in Davao City, Philippines. It was established by the Daughters of Mary o ...

, Davao City * Assumption College San Lorenzo, Makati City * Assumption Iloilo, Iloilo City * University of the Assumption, Pampanga

Singapore

Assumption English School Assumption English School (AES) is a co-educational government-aided Catholic secondary school in Bukit Timah, Singapore. It is one of the seven institutions governed by St Gabriel's Foundation. History AES was founded along Upper Bukit Timah Ro ...

Thailand

Assumption College Sriracha Assumption College Sriracha (ACS) is a private, Catholic-run school on the Eastern Seaboard of Thailand, in Si Racha District, Chonburi Province. The campus covers , and has play spaces, football pitches, a swimming pool, and a sports stadium. ...

, Chonburi Province * Assumption College (Thailand) * Assumption University (Thailand), Bangkok

UK (Northern Ireland)

Assumption Grammar School Assumption Grammar School (also known as 'The Assumption', 'Assumption Grammar' or 'AGS’) is a Catholic girls' grammar school in Ballynahinch, County Down, Northern Ireland with over 900 students. History The school was founded by the Missio ...

, Ballynahinch, County Down, Northern Ireland

United States

Academy of the Assumption Academy of the Assumption was a Catholic all-girls school that was located on Biscayne Bay in Miami, Florida, United States. Built in 1943 and closed in 1976, it was run by the Religious of the Assumption. The school's last principal was Sr. The ...

, Florida * Assumption Catholic School, Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Galveston–Houston *

Assumption College Assumption College may refer to these educational institutions: Australia * Assumption College, Kilmore, Victoria * Assumption College, Warwick, Queensland Canada * Assumption University (Windsor, Ontario) (formerly Assumption College) * Assumpt ...

, Massachusetts *

Assumption College for Sisters The Assumption College for Sisters is a private two-year Roman Catholic women's college formerly located in Mendham Borough, New Jersey. Founded in 1953 through an affiliation with nearby Seton Hall University, Assumption is run by the Sister ...

, New Jersey *

Assumption High School (Iowa) Assumption High School (AHS) is a Roman Catholic high school in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Davenport in the U.S. state of Iowa. Bridget Murphy is the current principal of Assumption High. In 1958, AHS opened its doors as a co-institutional fa ...

* Assumption High School (Kentucky) *

Assumption High School (Louisiana) Assumption High School (AHS) is a public secondary school located at 4880 Highway 308 in Assumption Parish, Louisiana, United States, north of the city of Napoleonville. It is a part of the Assumption Parish School Board. The sole high school i ...

Assumption High School (Wisconsin) Assumption High School is a Roman Catholic high school in Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin, in the Roman Catholic Diocese of La Crosse, Diocese of La Crosse. Assumption was established in 1951. It is the only high school in the Wisconsin Rapids Area Ca ...

Assumption Preparatory School Assumption Preparatory School (for a while previously known as Assumption High School) was an American secondary boarding school located in Worcester, Massachusetts, and operated by the Catholic order Augustinians of the Assumption. It was closely ...

, Massachusetts * Assumption School, Illinois *

Assumption School (Saint Paul, Minnesota) The Assumption School is a historic school building in Saint Paul, Minnesota, Saint Paul in the United States, U.S. state of Minnesota. It was built in 1864 of local quarter-cut limestone. It had a central cupola, which has been replaced. The s ...