Definitions of assumption on the Web:
premise: a statement that is assumed to be true and from which a conclusion can be drawn; "on the assumption that he has been injured we can infer that he will not to play"
a hypothesis that is taken for granted; "any society is built upon certain assumptions"
the act of taking possession of or power over something; "his assumption of office coincided with the trouble in Cuba"; "the Nazi assumption of power in 1934"; "he acquired all the company's assets for ten million dollars and the assumption of the company's debts"
celebration in the Roman Catholic Church of the Virgin Mary's being taken up into heaven when her earthly life ended; corresponds to the Dormition in the Eastern Orthodox Church
presumption: audacious (even arrogant) behavior that you have no right to; "he despised them for their presumptuousness"
the act of assuming or taking for granted; "your assumption that I would agree was unwarranted"
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"Assumption" is Samuel Beckett's first published story, appearing in Transition magazine in June 1929, in the same issue as James Joyce's Work in Progress.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assumption_(short_story)
Because of the sinless nature of the Virgin Mary, it is believed that she alone of the human race received the privilege of bodily assumption into heaven. Her death, located by tradition to Mt. Sion, was not truly a death, but a sleep and therefore referred to as her "dormition. ...
http://www.holycross.edu/departments...xt/gloss1.html
This is when a buyer takes over the existing loan on a home rather that applying for a new loan. This is done when the existing loan on the house has more favorable terms and a lower interest rate than the buyer can get with the current market rates. ...
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Mary's ascent into heaven. This is an unusual theme in Ethiopian icons; the composition with the crescent moon support and surround of angels recalls foreign sources.
http://www.nmafa.si.edu/exhibits/ico...-glossary.html
The process of assuming a mortgage. Back to Top
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Is a Roman Catholic and Orthodox belief. When Mary, the mother of Jesus, died, she was not buried but taken to a bodily heaven
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There may be external circumstances or events that must occur for the project to be successful. If you believe such an event is likely to happen, then it would be an assumption (contrast with the definition of a risk). ...
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A method of selling real estate wherein the property purchaser agrees to take over the primary liability for payment of an existing mortgage.
http://www.vba.va.gov/ro/central/stp...finitions.html
The doctrine that the Virgin Mary was bodily taken up into heaven at her death
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