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AUGUST 15
Dictionary entry overview: What does August 15 mean?
• AUGUST 15 (noun)
The noun AUGUST 15 has 1 sense:
1. 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
Familiarity information: AUGUST 15 used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
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
Classified under:
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations
Synonyms:
Assumption; Assumption of Mary; August 15
Hypernyms ("August 15" is a kind of...):
holy day of obligation (a day when Catholics must attend Mass and refrain from servile work, and Episcopalians must take Communion)
Holonyms ("August 15" is a part of...):
Aug; August (the month following July and preceding September)
Context examples
You won’t be able to slow it down or keep it at the pace it has been going, for Uranus will stay speedily direct until August 15.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
Uranus will not retrograde again until August 15, 2020.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
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