RESURRECTION

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


Etymology

Noun

resurrection (countable and uncountable, plural resurrections)

The act of arising from the dead and becoming alive again.

(archaic) bodysnatching

Synonyms

• (rising from the dead): gainrising (obsolete)

Anagrams

• intercourser

Proper noun

Resurrection

(Christianity) The resurrection of Jesus Christ.

(Islam) The 75th sura (chapter) of the Qur'an.

Anagrams

• 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



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ADMIRABLE

(adjective) deserving of the highest esteem or admiration; “an estimable young professor”; “trains ran with admirable precision”; “his taste was impeccable, his health admirable”


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