"dormition" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /dɔːˈmɪʃ(ə)n/ [UK] Forms: dormitions [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French dormition, from Latin dormītiōnem. Etymology templates: {{glossary|loanword|Borrowed}} Borrowed, {{bor|en|frm|dormition|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Middle French dormition, {{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: 56 0 43 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 66 2 33 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 60 3 37 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 46 3 51 Disambiguation of 'falling asleep': 88 2 10
  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': 6 78 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 Categories (other): English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 46 3 51 Disambiguation of 'the death and assumption of the Virgin Mary': 7 1 92
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: sleep Related terms: dorm, dormant, dormitive, dormitory

Inflected forms

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