ascensionist

noun

as·​cen·​sion·​ist

-ch(ə)nə̇st

plural -s

1

: one that makes ascensions or ascents

a balloon ascensionist

2

often capitalized : one of a group of 19th century Christians that prepared for the coming of Christ, the end of the world, and the ascension of the faithful

specifically : millerite

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