The Only Use of
mortality
in
The Fellowship of the Ring
- But she chose mortality, and to die from the world, so that she might follow him; and it is sung that they met again beyond the Sundering Seas, and after a brief time walking alive once more in the green woods, together they passed, long ago, beyond the confines of this world.†
Chpt 1.11
Definition:
the quality of being mortal (subject to death)
or:
death rate -- often given per 1,000 people per year
or:
death rate -- often given per 1,000 people per year