Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (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;
[syn: Dormition, Feast of Dormition]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
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]