dormition

Definitions

1. The process of falling asleep.
   countable, uncountable
2. The process of death or the actual death itself.
   countable, euphemistic, uncountable
3. The death and assumption into heaven of the Virgin Mary.
   capitalized, countable, often, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“The Virgin had allegedly given away her robe just before her death – what is in Eastern tradition called her Dormition, or falling asleep.”

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