Dormition, Feast of Dormition
(noun) 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
Source: WordNet® 3.1
dormition (countable and uncountable, plural dormitions)
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.
• sleep
Source: Wiktionary
17 June 2025
(adjective) having deserted a cause or principle; “some provinces had proved recreant”; “renegade supporters of the usurper”
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
