Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

feast of dormition

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.61 in modern English

Syllables: feast- of -dor-mi-tion
IPA

25

Scrabble Score

16

Letters

5

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

n

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

Synonyms

Dormition

Questions

What does feast of dormition mean?: 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

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