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resurrection

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res·ur·rec·tion  (rz-rkshn)
n.
1. The act of rising from the dead or returning to life.
2. The state of one who has returned to life.
3. The act of bringing back to practice, notice, or use; revival.
4. Resurrection Christianity
a. The rising again of Jesus on the third day after the Crucifixion.
b. The rising again of the dead at the Last Judgment.

[Middle English, from Old French, from Late Latin resurrcti, resurrctin-, from Latin resurrctus, past participle of resurgere, to rise again; see resurge.]

resur·rection·al adj.

resurrection [ˌrɛzəˈrɛkʃən]
n
1. (Christian Religious Writings / Theology) a supposed act or instance of a dead person coming back to life
2. (Christian Religious Writings / Theology) belief in the possibility of this as part of a religious or mystical system
3. (Christian Religious Writings / Theology) the condition of those who have risen from the dead we shall all live in the resurrection
[via Old French from Late Latin resurrectiō, from Latin resurgere to rise again; see resurge]
resurrectional , resurrectionary adj

Resurrection [ˌrɛzəˈrɛkʃən]
n Christian theol
1. (Christian Religious Writings / Theology) the rising again of Christ from the tomb three days after his death
2. (Christian Religious Writings / Theology) the rising again from the dead of all mankind at the Last Judgment
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.resurrectionResurrection - (New Testament) the rising of Christ on the third day after the Crucifixion
New Testament - the collection of books of the Gospels, Acts of the Apostles, the Pauline and other epistles, and Revelation; composed soon after Christ's death; the second half of the Christian Bible
2.resurrection - a revival from inactivity and disuse; "it produced a resurrection of hope"
resurgence, revitalisation, revitalization, revival, revivification - bringing again into activity and prominence; "the revival of trade"; "a revival of a neglected play by Moliere"; "the Gothic revival in architecture"

resurrection
noun
1. revival, restoration, renewal, resurgence, return, comeback (informal), renaissance, rebirth, reappearance, resuscitation, renascence This is a resurrection of an old story.
revival killing off
2. (usually caps) raising or rising from the dead, return from the dead, restoration to life the Resurrection of Jesus Christ
raising or rising from the dead demise, burial
Quotations
"I am the resurrection, and the life" Bible: St. John
Translations
resurrection [ˌrezəˈrekʃən] N (Rel) → Resurrección f (fig) → resurrección f

Resurrection [ˌrɛzəˈrɛkʃən] n (RELIGION) the Resurrection → la Résurrection
resurrection [ˌrɛzəˈrɛkʃən] n [career, belief, tradition, practice] → résurrection f

resurrection
n
(lit, of person) → Wiederbelebung f; the Resurrection (Rel) → die Auferstehung
(fig, of law) → Wiedereinführung f; (of custom, fashion, style)Wiederbelebung f; (of ideas, memories)Auflebenlassen nt

Resurrection [ˌrɛzəˈrɛkʃn] n (Rel) the Resurrectionla Risurrezione
resurrection [ˌrɛzəˈrɛkʃn] nrisurrezione f
Resurrection [ˌrɛzəˈrɛkʃn] n (Rel) the Resurrectionla Risurrezione
resurrection [ˌrɛzəˈrɛkʃn] nrisurrezione f

resurrection
n resurrection [rezəˈrekʃən]
the process of being brought to life again after death. opstanding بَعْث съживяване vzkříšení genopstandelse die Wiederbelebung νεκρανάσταση resurrección ülestõusmine عمر دوباره؛ احیا elvyttäminen résurrection תְּחִייָה मृतोत्थान uskrsnuće feltámadás kebangkitan upprisa resurrezione 生き返り 부활 prisikėlimas augšāmcelšanās menghidupkan semula opstanding (gjen)oppstandelse wskrzeszenie ressurreição înviere воскресение vzkriesenie vstajenje vaskrsenje []uppståndelse การฟื้นคืนชีพ dirilme 復活 відродження; воскресіння احیاءے نو sự hồi sinh


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above all, For the resurrection of deep-buried faith In Truth -- in Virtue -- in Humanity -- Of all who, on Despair's unhallowed bed Lying down to die, have suddenly arisen At thy soft-murmured words, "Let there be light
The mixed, singular, luminous gloom in which they walked along together to the spot where the cows lay, often made him think of the Resurrection hour.
First, during the ceremonies on Good Friday, the day when Christ was crucified, the cross which stood all the year above the altar, bearing the Savior's figure, was taken down and laid beneath the altar, a dramatic symbol of the Death and Burial; and two days later, on 'the third day' of the Bible phraseology, that is on Easter Sunday, as the story of the Resurrection was chanted by the choir, the cross was uncovered and replaced, amid the rejoicings of the congregation.
 
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