KOIMESIS


Meaning of KOIMESIS in English

ˈkēmēsə̇s noun

( -es )

Etymology: Middle Greek koimēsis, from Greek, sleep, sleep of death, from koiman to put to sleep — more at cemetery

: a feast in the Eastern Orthodox Church commemorating the death and the corporeal assumption of the Virgin Mary now celebrated on August 15

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