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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 [syn: Feast of Dormition]

Source: WordNet (r) 2.0
 

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