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dormition|dɔːˈmɪʃən|
[a. F. dormition (15th c. in Hatz.-Darm.), ad. L. dormītiōn-em, n. of action from dormīre to sleep.]
Sleeping; falling asleep; fig. death (of the righteous).
1483Caxton Gold. Leg. 259/1 Thy departyng hens ne thy dormycyon shalle not be withoute wytnes. a1656Bp. Hall Wks. (1837–9) VII. 295 (D.) Wert thou disposed..to plead, not so much for the utter extinction as for the dormitione of the soul. 1849Ecclesiologist IX. 227 A large sculpture..representing the death of our Lady; it is called the dormition or trépas de Notre Dâme. 1869Life M. M. Hallahan (1870) 121 Her death, which in this case we may almost call her dormition. |