dormition

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dormition - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  Dormition
      n 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 [syn:
           Dormition, Feast of Dormition]