Wiktionary
dormition
n. 1 The process of falling asleep. 2 (context euphemistic English) The process of death or the actual death itself. 3 (context Eastern Orthodoxy often capitalized English) The death and assumption into heaven of the Virgin Mary.
Usage examples of "dormition".
He had taken a siesta and had been awakened by the evening concert of the crickets and sparrows, and by the gathering of the villagers for the celebration of the Feast of the Dormition of the Virgin Mary.