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dormition — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • dormition noun The process of falling asleep.

Senses

dormition is used for these senses in English:

  • dormition (Eastern Orthodoxy, often, capitalized) The death and assumption into heaven of the Virgin Mary.

dormition — full definition

  1. noun The process of falling asleep.
  2. noun The process of death or the actual death itself.
  3. noun The death and assumption into heaven of the Virgin Mary.