resurrection
(noun) a revival from inactivity and disuse; “it produced a resurrection of hope”
Resurrection, Christ's Resurrection, Resurrection of Christ
(noun) (New Testament) the rising of Christ on the third day after the Crucifixion
Source: WordNet® 3.1
resurrection (countable and uncountable, plural resurrections)
The act of arising from the dead and becoming alive again.
(archaic) bodysnatching
• (rising from the dead): gainrising (obsolete)
• intercourser
Resurrection
(Christianity) The resurrection of Jesus Christ.
(Islam) The 75th sura (chapter) of the Qur'an.
• intercourser
Source: Wiktionary
Res`ur*rec"tion, n. Etym: [F. résurrection, L. resurrectio, fr. resurgere, resurrectum, to rise again; pref. re- re- + surgere to rise. See Source.]
1. A rising again; the resumption of vigor.
2. Especially, the rising again from the dead; the resumption of life by the dead; as, the resurrection of Jesus Christ; the general resurrection of all the dead at the Day of Judgment. Nor after resurrection shall he stay Longer on earth. Milton.
3. State of being risen from the dead; future state. In the resurrection they neither marry nor are given in marriage. Matt. xxii. 30.
4. The cause or exemplar of a rising from the dead. I am the resurrection, and the life. John xi. 25. Cross of the resurrection, a slender cross with a pennant floating from the junction of the bars.
– Resurrection plant (Bot.), a name given to several species of Selaginella (as S. convoluta and S. lepidophylla), flowerless plants which, when dry, close up so as to resemble a bird's nest, but revive and expand again when moistened. The name is sometimes also given to the rose of Jericho. See under Rose.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
11 January 2025
(noun) low evergreen shrub of high north temperate regions of Europe and Asia and America bearing red edible berries
According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.
