dormition

Noun

Meaning

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

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

sleep Feast of Dormition

Hypernyms

holy day religious holiday

Related terms

dormant dormitory dorm dormitive

Examples

Another frothy Baroque church, dedicated to the Dormition of the Theotokos, was destroyed in 1934 and rebuilt in the 1990s. Source: Internet

See John Damascene, On the Holy and Glorious Dormition and Transformation of Our Lady Mary, Mother of God and Ever-Virgin by Our Holy Father John, Monk of Damascus and Son of Mansour. Source: Internet

Elizabeth crowned herself Empress in the Dormition Cathedral on 25 April 1742. Source: Internet

The Dormition Fast lasts for two weeks from August 1 to August 14 in preparation for the Feast of the Dormition of the Theotokos ( August 15 ). Source: Internet

The earliest surviving portrait of Tamar from the church of the Dormition at Vardzia, c. 1184–1186. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

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