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əˈsʌmp.ʃən
Proper noun
The Assumption of Mary, the mother of Jesus, into heaven, a Catholic dogma.
A Christian holy day of obligation (August 15) celebrating the Assumption of Mary.
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
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(Christianity) the taking up of the body and soul of the Virgin Mary when her earthly life had ended
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