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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Annunciation \An*nun'ci*a"tion\ (?; 277), noun [L. annuntiatio: cf. F. annonciation.]
1. The act of announcing; announcement; proclamation; as, the annunciation of peace.
2. (Eccl.) (a) The announcement of the incarnation, made by the angel Gabriel to the Virgin Mary. (b) The festival celebrated (March 25th) by the Church of England, of Rome, etc., in memory of the angel's announcement, on that day; Lady Day.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
Annunciation
noun
1: a festival commemorating the announcement of the Incarnation by the angel Gabriel to the Virgin Mary; a quarter day in England, Wales, and Ireland [syn: {Lady Day}, {Annunciation Day}, {March 25}]
2: (Christianity) the announcement to the Virgin Mary by the angel Gabriel of the incarnation of Christ
3: a formal public statement; "the government made an announcement about changes in the drug war"; "a declaration of independence" [syn: {announcement}, {proclamation}, {declaration}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
51 Moby Thesaurus words for "annunciation": affirmance, affirmation, allegation, announcement, assertion, asseveration, averment, avouchment, avowal, bulletin board, circular, communique, conclusion, creed, declaration, dictum, edict, encyclical, enunciation, ipse dixit, manifesto, notice, notification, position, position paper, positive declaration, predicate, predication, proclamation, profession, program, programma, pronouncement, pronunciamento, proposition, protest, protestation, public notice, report, say, say-so, saying, stance, stand, statement, ukase, utterance, vouch, white book, white paper, word
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