dormition

1. 1.

   celebration in the Eastern Orthodox Church of the Virgin Mary's being taken up into heaven when her earthly life ended; corresponds to the Assumption in the Roman Catholic Church and is also celebrated on August 15th

   SynonymsFeast of Dormition

   Broaderreligious holiday

   Part ofAugust

Other forms of dormition

plural

dormitions·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about dormition

What does dormition mean?

dormition means "celebration in the Eastern Orthodox Church of the Virgin Mary's being taken up into heaven when her earthly life ended; corresponds to the Assumption in the Roman Catholic Church and is also celebrated on August 15th".

How many syllables are in dormition?

dormition has 4 syllables: dor-mi-ti-on. The stress falls on "ti".

What is another word for dormition?

Close synonyms include Feast of Dormition. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is dormition a common word?

dormition is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.