Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A sleeping; the state or condition of sleep, especially a prolonged one.
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- noun celebration in the Eastern Orthodox Church of the Virgin Mary's being taken up into heaven when her earthly life ended; corresponds to the Assumption in the Roman Catholic Church and is also celebrated on August 15th
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Examples
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In the Eastern churches it is called the Dormition, or sleeping of our Lady.
Archive 2008-08-01 Matilda 2008
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In the Eastern churches it is called the Dormition, or sleeping of our Lady.
Feasting for the Assumption Jennifer Gregory Miller 2008
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"Dormition" is a handy, Latinate figure for her "falling asleep"; in the Greek, the word is "kimisis," (κοίμησις), and is the word from which our "cemetery" derives.
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"Dormition" is a handy, Latinate figure for her "falling asleep"; in the Greek, the word is "kimisis," (κοίμηÏιÏ), and is the word from which our "cemetery" derives.
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I like the "Dormition" theme a lot better, though.
Beatam Me Dicent bls 2009
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I like the "Dormition" theme a lot better, though.
Archive 2009-08-01 bls 2009
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I want to write about crazy Italian narcopleptics and the Dormition of Mary forever and ever.
Things to Know yuki_onna 2010
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The view from the window is of a pomegranate tree, the Hagia Maria Sion, formerly known as the Abbey of the Dormition, where the Virgin Mary is said to have fallen into eternal sleep and, following the curve of the next hill, the sombre grey line of the barrier that separates the citizens of Jerusalem from those of the West Bank.
David Grossman: 'I cannot afford the luxury of despair' 2010
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Turn again and there are 12 panels from the magnificent iconostasis, or rood screen, of the Cathedral of the Dormition in Moscow.
Russian Treasures in Paris Judy Fayard 2010
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The feast occurred very near the mid-point of what would otherwise be the two-week long Dormition Fast -- relaxing the fasting rules a bit, and bringing fish to the table.
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