Why this word is great
DORMITION — [Noun] The death and assumption into heaven of the Virgin Mary, often characterized as a peaceful falling asleep. From Latin dormītiōnem ("a sleeping"), from dormīre ("to sleep"), via Middle French dormition. Unlike "Assumption" (which vaults skyward with celestial spectacle) or "death" (which lands like a dull axe), dormition lingers in the threshold between slumber and surrender. It is the candle guttering but not yet out, the hushed rustle of a nun’s habit at vespers, the way a body sinks into a featherbed—not an ending, but a yielding. Even the saints must sleep.