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 ...

, United States **

Assumption Township, Christian County, Illinois Assumption Township is one of seventeen townships in Christian County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2010 census, its population was 1,418 and it contained 680 housing units. Geography According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of , ...

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 facilit ...

, 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 i ...

Assumption, Minnesota Assumption is an unincorporated community in Carver and Sibley Counties, Minnesota, United States. The community is located eight miles east-northeast of Green Isle. Nearby places also include Hamburg, Norwood Young America Norwood Yo ...

, United States * Assumption, Nebraska, United States *

Assumption, Ohio Assumption is a small unincorporated community and also a historically Irish (Catholic) community in southern Amboy Township, Fulton County, Ohio, United States. A part of the Toledo Metropolitan Area, it lies seven miles from the northern edge ...

, 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 wa ...

, 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, Minnesota, United States *

Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Church The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Church is a 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 was founded in t ...

, Michigan, United States *

Assumption – St. Paul Assumption – St. Paul is a Roman Catholic parish in New Brighton, Staten Island, New York, United States. The parish was formed by the merger in 2007 of Church of the Assumption and St. Paul's Church. Assumption Church The parish of the Chu ...

, New York, United States * Cathedral of the Assumption (disambiguation) * 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. Th ...

, 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, 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 be ...

, belief applied in developing a logical argument or decision that is not explicitly voiced nor necessarily understood by the decision maker **

Presupposition In the branch of linguistics known as pragmatics, a presupposition (or PSP) is an implicit assumption about the world or background belief relating to an utterance whose truth is taken for granted in discourse. Examples of presuppositions includ ...

, 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 Assumption College (often known as ACK, where the K stands for Kilmore) is an Australian Catholic co-educational secondary day and boarding school. The school is located in the town of Kilmore, Victoria. The College was founded in 1893 by the ...

, 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 Cath ...

, 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 se ...

, 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 independ ...

, 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 Kerala ( ; ) is a state on the Malabar Coast of India. It was formed on 1 November 1956, following the passage of the States Reorganisation Act, by combining Malayalam-sp ...

, 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, t ...

, 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. Hist ...

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, Philippines. It was established by the Daughters of Mary ...

, 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, Philippi ...

, Makati City * Assumption Iloilo, 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 Assumption English School (AES) is a co-educational government-aided Catholic secondary school in Bukit Timah, Singapore. It is one of the seven institutions governed by St Gabriel's Foundation. History AES was founded along Upper Bukit Timah Ro ...

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 Assumption College may refer to these educational institutions: Australia * Assumption College, Kilmore, Victoria * Assumption College, Warwick, Queensland Canada * Assumption University (Windsor, Ontario) (formerly Assumption College) * Assumpt ...

, Massachusetts *

Assumption College for Sisters The Assumption College for Sisters is a private two-year Roman Catholic women's college formerly located in Mendham Borough, New Jersey. Founded in 1953 through an affiliation with nearby Seton Hall University, Assumption is run by the Siste ...

, 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 (AHS) is a public secondary school located at 4880 Highway 308 in Assumption Parish, Louisiana, United States, north of the city of Napoleonville. It is a part of the Assumption Parish School Board. The sole high school in ...

Assumption High School (Wisconsin) Assumption High School is a Roman Catholic high school in Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin, in the Diocese of La Crosse The Roman Catholic Diocese of La Crosse ( la, Dioecesis Crossensis) is a Roman Catholic diocese (Roman Rite) of the Catholic Chur ...

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 closel ...

, 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)