The Virgin had allegedly given away her robe just before her death – what is in Eastern tradition called her Dormition, or falling asleep.
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Dormition
//dɔːˈmɪʃ(ə)n//
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25 translations across 9 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- رُقَاد noun (the death and assumption of the Virgin Mary)
Catalan
3 entries- adormiment noun (falling asleep)
- dormició noun (falling asleep)
- dormició noun (the death and assumption of the Virgin Mary)
Finnish
4 entries- kuolema noun (the process of death)
- kuolema noun (the actual death)
- kuoleminen noun (the process of death)
- kuolonuneen nukkuminen noun (the death and assumption of the Virgin Mary)
French
1 entries- dormition noun (the death and assumption of the Virgin Mary)
Georgian
2 entries- მიძინება noun (the actual death)
- მიძინება noun (the death and assumption of the Virgin Mary)
Hungarian
4 entries- elalvás noun (falling asleep)
- elhunyta noun (the actual death)
- elszenderedés noun (falling asleep)
- elszenderedés noun (the death and assumption of the Virgin Mary)
Japanese
3 entries- 永眠 noun (the actual death)
- 睡眠 noun (falling asleep)
- 瞑目 noun (the actual death)
Russian
1 entries- успе́ние noun (the death and assumption of the Virgin Mary)
Ukrainian
1 entries- успі́ння noun (the death and assumption of the Virgin Mary)
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