Definition of Dormient

1. dormant [adj] - See also: dormant

Lexicographical Neighbors of Dormient

dormant volcano
dormant volcanoes
dormants
dormative
dormaunt
dormedory
dormer
dormer-window
dormer-windows
dormer window
dormered
dormers
dormice
dormie
dormient (current term)
dormin
dormins
dormition
dormitions
dormitive
dormitive principle
dormitive principles
dormitive virtue
dormitories
dormitory
dormitory room
dormlike
dormmate
dormmates

Literary usage of Dormient

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

1. De Ecclesia: The Church by Jan Hus (1915)
"The church dormient is the number of the predestinate suffering in purgatory. It is called dormient because being there she does not enjoy the blessedness ..."

2. Journal of Theological Studies by Oxford Journals (Oxford University Press) (1906)
"16 on the preaching to the pre- dormient. In chap. 14 1. c. we read of men bearing the name of the Son of God and walking in His commandments, ..."

3. Old Spanish Readings: Selected on the Basis of Critically Edited Texts by Jeremiah Denis Matthias Ford (1911)
"... and dormient. Menendez Pidal, like the previous editors, has filled in the lacunas of the MS., according to his judgment, with the bracketed letters and ..."

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