The act of falling asleep; also, a Christian term for the death of the Virgin Mary, commemorated in an Orthodox and Catholic feast day.
From Latin dormitio (sleeping), derived from dormire (to sleep). In Christian theology, 'Dormition' specifically refers to Mary's peaceful death, interpreted as sleep rather than mere death.
In Christian tradition, the Virgin Mary didn't just die—she fell asleep, and that's why the feast is called Dormition, making sleep a spiritual metaphor!
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