English Dictionary

dormition

/dɔːˈmɪʃ(ə)n/

noun

The process of falling asleep. / (euphemistic) The process of death or the actual death itself. / (Eastern Orthodoxy, often capitalized) The death and assumption into heaven of the Virgin Mary.

The dormition of the old man was peaceful.

意味（1）

The process of falling asleep.

意味（2）

(euphemistic) The process of death or the actual death itself.

意味（3）

(Eastern Orthodoxy, often capitalized) 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.