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Dormition

noun
1.
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.  Synonym: Feast of Dormition.





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"Dormition" Quotes from Famous Books



... anciently known, and modern experience hath allowed it for a sad truth, that absence and time,—like cold weather, and an unnatural dormition—will blast and wear out of memory the most endearing obligations; and hence it was that some politicians in love have looked upon the former of these two as a main remedy against the fondness of that passion. But for my own part, ...
— Poems of Henry Vaughan, Silurist, Volume II • Henry Vaughan


Words linked to "Dormition" :   august, holy day, Feast of Dormition, Aug, religious holiday


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