Definition of Assumption of mary

1. Noun. 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.

Exact synonyms: Assumption, August 15
Generic synonyms: Holy Day Of Obligation
Group relationships: Aug, August

Lexicographical Neighbors of Assumption Of Mary

Astacidae
Astacura
Astaire
Astalak
Astana

Literary usage of Assumption of mary

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"To-day, the belief in the corporeal assumption of Mary is universal in the East and in the West; according to Benedict XIV (De Festis BVM, I, yiii, ..."

2. A Manual of the Writings in Middle English, 1050-1400 by John Edwin Wells (1916)
"... the Annunciation, and the Assumption of Mary, and on John the Baptist, in these various legend and homily collections, will afford the matter on Christ ..."

3. Belgium and Holland, Including the Grandduchy of Luxembourg: Handbook for by Karl Baedeker (Firm) (1901)
"... Мату Magdalen washing the feet of Christ, with the Raising of Lazarus on the left wing and the Assumption of Mary Magdalen on the right; 169. ..."

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