Resurrection

Resurrection
Resurrection Res`ur*rec"tion, n. [F. r['e]surrection, L. resurrectio, fr. resurgere, resurrectum, to rise again; pref. re- re- + surgere to rise. See {Source}.] 1. A rising again; the resumption of vigor. [1913 Webster]

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. [1913 Webster]

Nor after resurrection shall he stay Longer on earth. --Milton. [1913 Webster]

3. State of being risen from the dead; future state. [1913 Webster]

In the resurrection they neither marry nor are given in marriage. --Matt. xxii. 30. [1913 Webster]

4. The cause or exemplar of a rising from the dead. [1913 Webster]

I am the resurrection, and the life. --John xi. 25. [1913 Webster]

{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 {Selaginella convoluta} and {Selaginella 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}. [1913 Webster]


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  • RESURRECTION — (Heb. תְּחִיַּת הַמֵּתִים), the belief that ultimately the dead will be revived in their bodies and live again on earth. Resurrection is to be distinguished from the belief in some sort of personal existence in another realm after death (see… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

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  • resurrection — Resurrection. s. f. Retour de la mort à la vie. La resurrection de N. S. la resurrection du Lazare, la resurrection des Morts …   Dictionnaire de l'Académie française

  • resurrection — (n.) late 13c., from Anglo Fr. resurrectiun, O.Fr. resurrection, from L.L. resurrectionem (nom. resurrectio) a rising again from the dead, from pp. stem of L. resurgere rise again (see RESURGENT (Cf. resurgent)). Replaced O.E. æriste. Originally… …   Etymology dictionary

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  • resurrection — ► NOUN 1) the action of resurrecting or the fact of being resurrected. 2) (the Resurrection) (in Christian belief) Christ s rising from the dead. ORIGIN Latin, from resurgere rise again …   English terms dictionary

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