resurrection

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14
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17
Letters
12
Pronunciation
/ɹɛzəˈɹɛkʃən/
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/ɹɛzəˈɹɛkʃən/ · /ɹɛzəˈɹɛkʃn̩/

Definition of resurrection

6 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (countable, uncountable)The act of arising from the dead and becoming alive again.
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noun

  1. (countable, uncountable)The act of arising from the dead and becoming alive again.
  2. (Judaism, countable, uncountable)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.”
  3. (countable, figuratively, uncountable)A miraculous comeback or revival (e.g., of a TV series); recovery from a dire predicament.
  4. (archaic, countable, uncountable)The act of bodysnatching (illicitly exhuming a cadaver).

name

  1. The resurrection of Jesus Christ.
  2. The 75th sura (chapter) of the Qur'an.

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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.

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