Thy departing hence ne thy dormition shall not be without witness. From Wordnik.com. [The Golden Legend, vol. 4] Reference
These words came to the Fathers 'minds while meditating on the dormition and assumption of Our Blessed Lady. From Wordnik.com. [Latest Articles] Reference
It is a position anciently known, and modern experience hath allowed it for a sad truth, that absence and time, -- like cold weather, and an unnatural dormition -- will blast and wear out of memory the most endearing obligations; and hence it was that some politicians in love have looked upon the former of these two as a main remedy against the fondness of that passion. From Wordnik.com. [Poems of Henry Vaughan, Silurist, Volume II] Reference
Then we consult him upon matters of doctrine, and quiz him tenderly about his powers of dormition, and flatter him, or rather his age, with such phrases as, “The water from thy hand is of the Waters of. From Wordnik.com. [Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah and Meccah] Reference
Itis dormition!. From Wordnik.com. [Finnegans Wake] Reference
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