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
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Assumption, Alberta, Canada
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Assumption, Illinois
Assumption is a city in Christian County, Illinois, United States. The population was 1,155 as of the 2020 census.
History
Assumption originally was called "Tacusah". The present name is after Assumption Parish, Louisiana. A post office called A ...
, United States
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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 ...
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Assumption Island
Assumption Island is a small island in the Outer Islands of Seychelles north of Madagascar, south-west of the capital, Victoria, on Mahé Island.
In 2018, Seychelles and India signed an agreement to build and operate a joint military facility ...
, Seychelles
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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.
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*Transport in Seychelles
*List of airports in Seychelles
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Assumption, Minnesota, United States
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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
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Assumption, Ohio, United States
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Assumption Parish, Louisiana
Assumption Parish (french: Paroisse de l'Assomption, es, Parroquia de la Asunción) is a parish located in the U.S. state of Louisiana. As of the 2010 census, the population was 23,421. Its parish seat is Napoleonville. Assumption Parish was ...
, United States
Arts, entertainment, and media
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"Assumption" (short story), a 1929 story by Samuel Beckett
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Assumption of Moses, a Jewish apocryphal pseudepigraphical work of uncertain date and authorship
Churches
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Assumption Chapel
Assumption Chapel, also known as the Grasshopper Chapel, is a Catholic Church, 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 devast ...
, Minnesota, United States
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Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Church
The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Church is a Catholic Church, 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 ...
, Michigan, United States
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Assumption – St. Paul, New York, United States
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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 ...
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Church of the Assumption (disambiguation)
Logic
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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. T ...
, the presumption that a statement that is true is also known to be true, and a statement not known to be true is false
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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
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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
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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
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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 Reite ...
, in logics where different names always refer to different entities in the world
Schools
Australia
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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
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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 Ca ...
, Queensland
Canada
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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 ...
, Burlington, Ontario
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Assumption College School
Assumption College Catholic High School is a Catholic secondary school in Windsor, Ontario. The school was originally established as a private preparatory school by Assumption College, now Assumption University, but it is now a publicly-funded sep ...
, Windsor, Ontario
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Assumption College School (Brantford)
Brantford ( 2021 population: 104,688) is a city in Ontario, Canada, founded on the Grand River in Southwestern Ontario. It is surrounded by Brant County, but is politically separate with a municipal government of its own that is fully independe ...
, Ontario
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Assumption University (Windsor, Ontario)
Assumption University is a Roman Catholic university in Windsor, Ontario, Canada federated with the University of Windsor. It was founded in 1857 as Assumption College by the Society of Jesus and incorporated by an Act of the Parliament of Upper ...
India
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Assumption College, Changanasserry
Assumption College, is a NAAC accredited women's college in Kerala, India. It is affiliated with Mahatma Gandhi University. It is now an “Autonomous College”. It attained i's Autonomous status in the year 2016. The college offers both bache ...
, Kerala
Japan
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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, th ...
, Osaka Prefecture
Philippines
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Assumption Antipolo
Assumption Antipolo (abbreviated: AA) is a private, Catholic, all-girls basic education institution run by the Religious of the Assumption in the city of Antipolo, Rizal, Philippines. It was established by the Assumption sisters in 1974.
Histo ...
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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
Davao City, officially the City of Davao ( ceb, Dakb ...
, Davao City
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Assumption College San Lorenzo
Assumption College San Lorenzo (AC, Assumption SanLo, Assumption Makati), is a private, Roman Catholic basic and higher education institution exclusively for girls run by the Religious of the Assumption in San Lorenzo Village, Makati, Philippin ...
, Makati City
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Assumption Iloilo
Assumption Iloilo (also known as AC or Assumption Convent) is a private Catholic coeducational basic education institution run by the Sisters of the Religious of the Assumption in Iloilo City, Philippines. It was founded by the Assumption Sister ...
, Iloilo City
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University of the Assumption
The University of the Assumption (U.A.) is a private archdiocesan Catholic university in the City of San Fernando, Pampanga, Philippines. The University of the Assumption is the first Catholic archdiocesan university in the Philippines and in ...
, Pampanga
Singapore
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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
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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.
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, Chonburi Province
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Assumption College (Thailand)
Assumption College ( th, โรงเรียนอัสสัมชัญ) is a private Catholic boys school in Bangkok, Thailand. The school, founded by Rev. Fr. Emile-August Colombet on 16 February 1885, is the first school founded by the ...
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Assumption University (Thailand)
Assumption University (Thaiมหาวิทยาลัยอัสสัมชัญ RTGS: Mahawitthayalai Assumption, abbreviated ABAC) also referred to by its acronym AU is a private, Catholic, research higher education institution in Ban ...
, Bangkok
UK (Northern Ireland)
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Assumption Grammar School, Ballynahinch, County Down, Northern Ireland
United States
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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
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Galveston–Houston (Latin: ''Archidiœcesis Galvestoniensis–Houstoniensis'') is a Latin Church ecclesiastical jurisdiction or archdiocese of the Catholic Church in the United States. It encompasses of ten cou ...
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Assumption College, Massachusetts
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Assumption College for Sisters, New Jersey
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Assumption High School (Iowa)
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Assumption High School (Kentucky)
Assumption High School is a Catholic all-girls high school located in Louisville, Kentucky, sponsored by the Sisters of Mercy.
History
The history of Assumption High School began in 1951 when the Most Reverend John A. Floersh, Archbishop of Lou ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 close ...
, Massachusetts
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Assumption School
The Assumption School was a Catholic elementary school in Chicago, Illinois, United States, from 1899 to 1945. Located at 317 West Erie Street, it was founded by Mother Frances Xavier Cabrini, the first American to be made a Catholic saint. Th ...
, Illinois
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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 ...
See also
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Dormition (disambiguation) Dormition may refer to:
* Dormition of the Mother of God
The Dormition of the Mother of God is a Great Feast of the Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox, and Eastern Catholic Churches (except the East Syriac churches). It celebrates the "fall ...
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Asunción
Asunción (, , , Guarani: Paraguay) is the capital and the largest city of Paraguay.
The city stands on the eastern bank of the Paraguay River, almost at the confluence of this river with the Pilcomayo River. The Paraguay River and the Bay of ...
, the Spanish word
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Axiom
An axiom, postulate, or assumption is a statement that is taken to be true, to serve as a premise or starting point for further reasoning and arguments. The word comes from the Ancient Greek word (), meaning 'that which is thought worthy or f ...
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Assumption Cathedral (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. Rupe ...
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Church of the Assumption (disambiguation)
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Debt Assumption, the US policy under Alexander Hamilton to assume the war debt of some states
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Entering heaven alive
Entering heaven alive (called by various religions "ascension", "assumption", or "translation") is a belief held in various religions. Since death is the normal end to an individual's life on Earth and the beginning of afterlife, entering hea ...
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L'Assomption River
The Assomption River (in French ''Rivière l'Assomption'', named after the Assumption of Mary) is the most important waterway in the Lanaudière region of Quebec, Canada. It is over long, and has a drainage basin (watershed) of . Its source is th ...
, Quebec, Canada
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List of churches consecrated to Santa Maria Assunta
Italian churches consecrated to Santa Maria Assunta (The Assumption of Mary) include:
* Santa Maria Assunta, Acerra cathedral
* Santa Maria Assunta, Acqui Terme Cathedral
* Santa Maria Assunta, Altamura, Province of Bari, Puglia
* Santa Maria Ass ...
("Assunta" is the Italian for Assumption)
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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 ...
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Proposition
In logic and linguistics, a proposition is the meaning of a declarative sentence. In philosophy, " meaning" is understood to be a non-linguistic entity which is shared by all sentences with the same meaning. Equivalently, a proposition is the no ...
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