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dormition

noun
/dɔːˈmɪʃ(ə)n/UK/dɔɹˈmɪʃ(ə)n/US

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French dormition, from Latin dormītiōnem.

  1. derived from dormītiōnem
  2. borrowed from dormition

Definitions

  1. The process of falling asleep.

  2. The process of death or the actual death itself.

  3. The death and assumption into heaven of the Virgin Mary.

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

The neighborhood

Derived

obdormition

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for dormition. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA