resurrection
nounattested in dialogue
- //ɹɛzəˈɹɛkʃən//
- //ɹɛzəˈɹɛkʃn̩//
The act of arising from the dead and becoming alive again.
noun
- 1
The act of arising from the dead and becoming alive again.
- 2
The act of arising from the dead and becoming alive again. The act of arising from the dead and becoming immortal.
Death, like suffering, is an evil, and Jesus the source of life and healing, sees both as enemies. He conquers physical death and restores Lazarus to life. It is resuscitation, not resurrection. Resurrection brings a wonderful, new, and transformed life. Lazarus returned to the same life he had before.
- 3
The general resurrection.
But the rest of the dead lived not again until the thousand years were finished. This is the first resurrection. Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection: on such the second death hath no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years.
- 4
figurativeA miraculous comeback or revival (e.g., of a TV series); recovery from a dire predicament.
- 5
archaicThe act of bodysnatching (illicitly exhuming a cadaver).
Etymology
From Middle English resurreccioun, resurrection, from Anglo-Norman resurrectiun, Old French resurrection (French: résurrection), and their etymon Late Latin resurrēctiōnem (accusative of resurrēctiō) from Latin resurgō (“to rise again”), from re- (“again”), + surgō (“to rise”). By surface analysis, resurrect + -ion. Displaced native Old English ǣrist.
Forms
- plural
- resurrections
resurrection · The act of arising from the dead and becoming alive again.
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