fall asleep in the Lord

English

Verb

fall asleep in the Lord (third-person singular simple present falls asleep in the Lord, present participle falling asleep in the Lord, simple past fell asleep in the Lord, past participle fallen asleep in the Lord)

1. (Eastern Orthodoxy, poetic, archaic, euphemistic) To die.
   • 1778, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Letter to Leopold Mozart:

     den nemlichen Tag den 3:ten ist meine Mutter abends um 10 uhr 21 Minuten in gott seelig entschlafen

     That very same day, the 3d, at twenty minutes past ten at night, my mother fell asleep peacefully in the Lord

Synonyms

• (poetic, euphemistic: to die): fall asleep, pass, pass away, pass over

Translations

euphemism for "to die"

• German: in Gott entschlafen
• Russian: почи́ть в бо́зе (ru) pf (počítʹ v bóze)