The placing of the dragon is inevitable: a man can but die upon his death-day.
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Deathday
Synonyms for "deathday" (1 found)
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Noun(1 words)
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14 translations across 9 languages.
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 忌日 noun (anniversary of a death)
- 忌辰 noun (anniversary of a death)
German
1 entries- Todestag noun (anniversary of a death)
Hebrew
1 entries- נחלה noun (anniversary of a death)
Icelandic
3 entries- dánarafmæli noun (anniversary of a death)
- dánardægur noun (anniversary of a death)
- ártíð noun (anniversary of a death)
Japanese
3 entries- 命日 noun (anniversary of a death)
- 忌日 noun (anniversary of a death)
- 忌辰 noun (anniversary of a death)
Korean
1 entries- 기일 noun (anniversary of a death)
Swedish
1 entries- dödsdag noun (anniversary of a death)
Vietnamese
1 entries- ngày giỗ noun (anniversary of a death)
Yiddish
1 entries- יאָרצײַט noun (anniversary of a death)
Sample sentences
4 total sentences available.
"Is it her deathday?" I asked. "Nope," he said.
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It only just dawned on me that intrinsically it felt better to honor her on her birthday rather than her deathday. It has always struck me as odd that more people remember the day Elvis or John Lennon died than the dates they were born.
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[…] just then we needed a tenth man and needed him badly, because one of us had a deathday to observe and wanted to say the mourner's prayer.
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