"dormition" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /dɔːˈmɪʃ(ə)n/ [UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-dormition.wav Forms: dormitions [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French dormition, from Latin dormītiōnem. Etymology templates: {{bor+|en|frm|dormition}} Borrowed from Middle French dormition, {{der|en|la|dormītiōnem}} Latin dormītiōnem Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} dormition (countable and uncountable, plural dormitions)
  1. The process of falling asleep. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Sleep Translations (falling asleep): nukahtaminen (Finnish), elalvás (Hungarian), elszenderedés (Hungarian), elszenderülés (Hungarian), elszunnyadás (Hungarian), 睡眠 (suimin) (Japanese)
    Sense id: en-dormition-en-noun-5yQdyT3~ Disambiguation of Sleep: 73 1 26 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Arabic translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Georgian translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Russian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 80 5 15 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 88 5 7 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 86 4 10 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 91 3 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Arabic translations: 58 7 35 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 68 8 24 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 84 8 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Georgian translations: 58 6 35 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 58 7 35 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 83 8 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 83 8 9 Disambiguation of 'falling asleep': 93 2 5
  2. (euphemistic) The process of death or the actual death itself. Tags: countable, euphemistic, uncountable Translations (the actual death): kuolema (Finnish), მიძინება (miʒineba) (Georgian), elhunyta (Hungarian), halál (Hungarian), 永眠 (eimin) (Japanese), 瞑目 (meimoku) (Japanese) Translations (the process of death): kuoleminen (Finnish), poisnukkuminen (Finnish), kuolema (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-dormition-en-noun-I74Fm4vI Categories (other): English euphemisms Disambiguation of 'the actual death': 10 74 16 Disambiguation of 'the process of death': 31 62 7
  3. (Eastern Orthodoxy, often capitalized) The death and assumption into heaven of the Virgin Mary. Tags: capitalized, countable, often, uncountable Categories (topical): Eastern Orthodoxy Translations (the death and assumption of the Virgin Mary): رُقَاد (ruqād) (Arabic), kuolonuneen nukkuminen (Finnish), dormition [feminine] (French), მიძინება (miʒineba) (Georgian), elszenderedés (Hungarian), успе́ние (uspénije) [neuter] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-dormition-en-noun-luB1vfrz Disambiguation of 'the death and assumption of the Virgin Mary': 3 1 95
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: sleep Derived forms: obdormition Related terms: dorm, dormant, dormitive, dormitory

Inflected forms

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