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Dormition in a sentence

Dormition meaning

  1. The process of falling asleep.
  2. The process of death or the actual death itself.
  3. The death and assumption into heaven of the Virgin Mary.

Synonyms of Dormition

feast of dormition religious holiday holy day

Related words

Other words often associated with Dormition or its synonyms:

holiday

Using Dormition

  • The main meaning on this page is: The process of falling asleep. | The process of death or the actual death itself. | The death and assumption into heaven of the Virgin Mary.
  • Useful related words include: feast of dormition, religious holiday, holy day.
  • In the example corpus, dormition often appears in combinations such as: the dormition, dormition of, dormition cathedral.

Context around Dormition

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 25.2 words
  • Position in the sentence: 3 start, 5 middle, 1 end
  • Sentence types: 9 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

glorious 1×

Often after:

cathedral 2× fast 1× abbey 1×

Sentence patterns with Dormition

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

of the dormition of the 2× and glorious dormition and transformation 1× celebration at dormition of the 1× city s dormition abbey was 1× in the dormition cathedral on 1× of the dormition at vardzia 1× services the dormition cathedral at 1× the dormition fast lasts 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

another frothy baroque 1× during orthodox christmas 1× elizabeth crowned herself 1× even volunteers are 1× from the fundraising 1× nikodemus schnabel the 1×

Common sentence endings:

25 april 1742 1× al aqsa compound 1× c 1184 1186 1× in the 1990s 1× independent ukraines existence 1× its building complex 1×

Words around Dormition

Just before it in the word index:

dormify 3 dormice 4 dormeshia 2 dormers 7 dormer 28 dormeo 2

Just after it in the word index:

dormitories 94 dormitory 133 dormont 2 dormouse 2 dorms 141 dormuth 2

Similar in corpus frequency:

aakash 12 aanholt 12 aardwolf 12 abadan 12 abati 12 abcc 12

Corpus analysis for Dormition

  • In this selection, "dormition" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 25.2 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, glorious, cathedral, fast and abbey stand out and add context to how "dormition" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include of the dormition of the and and glorious dormition and transformation. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "dormition" sits close to words such as aakash, aanholt and aardwolf, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with dormition

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

Elizabeth crowned herself Empress in the Dormition Cathedral on 25 April 1742. (12 words)

The earliest surviving portrait of Tamar from the church of the Dormition at Vardzia, c. 1184–1186. (17 words)

Another frothy Baroque church, dedicated to the Dormition of the Theotokos, was destroyed in 1934 and rebuilt in the 1990s. (20 words)

Longer example sentences

Even volunteers are ready to loosen up after all the pandemic adjustments the past few years, event co-chairman Andy Gavrilos said about the annual celebration at Dormition of the Theotokos Greek Orthodox Church on Washington Avenue. (37 words)

Nikodemus Schnabel, the abbot of the Old City’s Dormition Abbey, was accompanying Germany’s Federal Education Minister on a visit to the site, which is the western boundary wall of the Al-Aqsa compound. (35 words)

See John Damascene, On the Holy and Glorious Dormition and Transformation of Our Lady Mary, Mother of God and Ever-Virgin by Our Holy Father John, Monk of Damascus and Son of Mansour. (33 words)

Example sentences (9)

The Dormition Fast lasts for two weeks from August 1 to August 14 in preparation for the Feast of the Dormition of the Theotokos ( August 15 ).

During Orthodox Christmas services, the Dormition Cathedral at the Kyiv Pechersk Lavra, a monastery, services in Ukrainian for the first time in independent Ukraines existence.

Even volunteers are ready to loosen up after all the pandemic adjustments the past few years, event co-chairman Andy Gavrilos said about the annual celebration at Dormition of the Theotokos Greek Orthodox Church on Washington Avenue.

From the fundraising dinner of the Dormition of the Theotokos community in Somerville in support of the renovation of its building complex.

Nikodemus Schnabel, the abbot of the Old City’s Dormition Abbey, was accompanying Germany’s Federal Education Minister on a visit to the site, which is the western boundary wall of the Al-Aqsa compound.

Another frothy Baroque church, dedicated to the Dormition of the Theotokos, was destroyed in 1934 and rebuilt in the 1990s.

Elizabeth crowned herself Empress in the Dormition Cathedral on 25 April 1742.

See John Damascene, On the Holy and Glorious Dormition and Transformation of Our Lady Mary, Mother of God and Ever-Virgin by Our Holy Father John, Monk of Damascus and Son of Mansour.

The earliest surviving portrait of Tamar from the church of the Dormition at Vardzia, c. 1184–1186.

Common combinations with dormition

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "dormition" in a sentence?
An example: "The Dormition Fast lasts for two weeks from August 1 to August 14 in preparation for the Feast of the Dormition of the Theotokos ( August 15 )." This page contains 9 example sentences with the word "dormition" from authentic English texts.
What does "dormition" mean?
Dormition means: The process of falling asleep.
What are synonyms of "dormition"?
Common synonyms of "dormition" include: feast of dormition, religious holiday, holy day.
How many example sentences with "dormition" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 9 example sentences with "dormition", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.