永眠 — meaning in English
eimin
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English meaning
- dormition noun The process of falling asleep.
Senses
永眠 is used for these senses in English:
- dormition (euphemistic) The process of death or the actual death itself.
- eternal sleep (idiomatic, euphemistic) Death, eternal oblivion
- fall asleep (poetic, euphemistic) To die (often seen on gravestones).
dormition — full definition
- noun The process of falling asleep.
- noun The process of death or the actual death itself.
- noun The death and assumption into heaven of the Virgin Mary.