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dormition

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Etymology

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Borrowed fromMiddle Frenchdormition, fromLatindormītiōnem.

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dormition (countable anduncountable,pluraldormitions)

  1. The process of fallingasleep.
  2. (euphemistic) The process ofdeath or the actual death itself.
  3. (Eastern Orthodoxy, often capitalized) The death andassumption into heaven of theVirgin Mary.
    • 2009,Diarmaid MacCulloch,A History of Christianity, Penguin, published2010, page507:
      The Virgin had allegedly given away her robe just before her death – what is in Eastern tradition called herDormition, or falling asleep.

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falling asleep
the process of death
the actual death
the death and assumption of the Virgin Mary

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dormition f (pluraldormitions)

  1. dormition

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