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 ...

, a belief in the taking up of the Virgin Mary into heaven. Assumption may also refer to:

Places

* Assumption, Alberta, Canada *

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 ** Assumption Township, Christian County, Illinois *

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 **

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. See also * *Transport in Seychelles *List of airports in Seychelles This is a ...

* Assumption, Minnesota, United States * Assumption, Nebraska, United States * Assumption, Ohio, United States *

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

* "Assumption" (short story), a 1929 story by Samuel Beckett * Assumption of Moses, a Jewish apocryphal pseudepigraphical work of uncertain date and authorship

Churches

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 *

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 * Assumption – St. Paul, New York, United States *

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 ...

* Church of the Assumption (disambiguation)

Logic

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 *

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 *

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 b ...

, belief applied in developing a logical argument or decision that is not explicitly voiced nor necessarily understood by the decision maker ** Presupposition, a tacit assumption about the world or background belief relating to an utterance *

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

* Assumption College, Kilmore, Victoria *

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

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 *

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 *

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 *

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

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

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

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 ...

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 *

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 *

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 *

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

* Assumption English School

Thailand

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. ...

, Chonburi Province *

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 ...

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)

* Assumption Grammar School, Ballynahinch, County Down, Northern Ireland

United States

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 ...

* Assumption College, Massachusetts * Assumption College for Sisters, New Jersey * Assumption High School (Iowa) *

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 ...

* Assumption High School (Louisiana) * Assumption High School (Wisconsin) *

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 *

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 *

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 ...