home going
n.— «If the dead have died in Christ, then dying is a home going.» —“Reminiscenses of the War” by Benjamin B. Bausman Herald and Torch Light (Hagerstown, Md.) Apr. 29, 1874. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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