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1. A formal public statement
   "the government made an annunciation about changes in the drug war";
   - announcement, proclamation, declaration

1. (Christianity) the announcement to the Virgin Mary by the angel Gabriel of the incarnation of Christ
    
2. A festival commemorating the announcement of the Incarnation by the angel Gabriel to the Virgin Mary; a quarter day in England, Wales, and Ireland
   - Lady Day, Annunciation Day, March 25

Derived forms: annunciations, Annunciations

Type of: announcement, promulgation, quarter day [Brit], statement

Part of: Mar, March

Encyclopedia: Annunciation Annunciation, The Orders of the