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dormitions

dormitions is the plural of dormition.

Meaning of dormition

Noun

dormition (countable and uncountable, plural dormitions)

  1. The process of falling asleep.
  2. (euphemistic) The process of death or the actual death itself.
  3. (capitalized, often, Eastern Orthodoxy) 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.2009, Diarmaid MacCulloch, A History of Christianity, Penguin, published 2010, page 507
    Synonyms:
    koimesis

Questions about dormitions

What is dormitions the plural of?
Dormitions is the plural of dormition.

Words near dormitions in the dictionary

  1. Dormineys
  2. dorming
  3. Dormington
  4. dormiphonics
  5. dormition
  6. dormitions
  7. dormitive
  8. dormitive principle
  9. dormitive principles
  10. dormitive virtue
  11. dormitive virtues

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