Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun assumption_of_mary

1 sense of assumption of mary

Sense 1
Assumption, Assumption of Mary, August 15 -- (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)
       => holy day of obligation -- (a day when Catholics must attend Mass and refrain from servile work, and Episcopalians must take Communion)