dormition
About 0.05 uses per million words.
Meaning
- 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.
Similar words
dying apotheosis lying-in discarnation pupation wakening awakening repose laydown transition
Often followed by
of in cathedral and abbey at church on monastery
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