different between assumption vs dormition

English

Etymology

From Middle English assumpcioun, from Medieval Latin assumptio (“a taking up (into heaven)”) and Latin assumptio (“a taking up, adoption, the minor proposition of a syllogism”). Doublet of assumptio; see assume.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??s?mp.??n/

Noun

assumption (countable and uncountable, plural assumptions)

1. The act of assuming, or taking to or upon oneself; the act of taking up or adopting.

   His assumption of secretarial duties was timely.

2. The act of taking for granted, or supposing a thing without proof; a supposition; an unwarrantable claim.

   Their assumption of his guilt disqualified them from jury duty.

3. The thing supposed; a postulate, or proposition assumed; a supposition.
4. (logic) The minor or second proposition in a categorical syllogism.
5. The taking of a person up into heaven.
6. A festival in honor of the ascent of the Virgin Mary into heaven, celebrated on 15 August.
7. (rhetoric) Assumptio.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:supposition

Derived terms

• Assumption Parish

Related terms

• assume
• assumptive

Translations

Further reading

• assumption in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• assumption in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

English

Etymology

From Middle French dormition, from Latin dorm?ti?nem.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /d???m??(?)n/

Noun

dormition (countable and uncountable, plural dormitions)

1. The process of falling asleep.
2. (euphemistic) The process of death or the actual death itself.
3. (Eastern Orthodoxy, often capitalized) The death and assumption into heaven of the Virgin Mary.
   • 2009, Diarmaid MacCulloch, A History of Christianity, Penguin 2010, p. 507:

     The Virgin had allegedly given away her robe just before her death – what is in Eastern tradition called her Dormition, or falling asleep.

Synonyms

• sleep

Related terms

• dorm
• dormant
• dormitive
• dormitory

Translations

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d??.mi.sj??/

Noun

dormition f (plural dormitions)

1. dormition