ASSUMPTION OF MARY

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Celebration in the Roman Catholic Church of the Virgin Mary's being taken up into heaven when her earthly life ended; corresponds to the Dormition in the Eastern Orthodox Church

Synonyms:

Assumption; Assumption of Mary; August 15

Classified under:

Nouns denoting time and temporal relations

Hypernyms ("Assumption of Mary" is a kind of...):

holy day of obligation (a day when Catholics must attend Mass and refrain from servile work, and Episcopalians must take Communion)

Holonyms ("Assumption of Mary" is a part of...):

Aug; August (the month following July and preceding September)

Credits