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resurrection

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun resurrection has 2 senses

CIDE DICTIONARY

resurrectionn. [F. résurrection, L. resurrectio, fr. resurgere, resurrectum, to rise again; pref. re- re- + surgere to rise. See Source.].
  •  A rising again; the resumption of vigor.  [1913 Webster]
  •  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.
    "  [1913 Webster]
  •  State of being risen from the dead; future state.  [1913 Webster]
    "In the resurrection they neither marry nor are given in marriage."  [1913 Webster]
  •  The cause or exemplar of a rising from the dead.  [1913 Webster]
    "I am the resurrection, and the life."  [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.

OXFORD DICTIONARY

resurrection, n.
1 the act or an instance of rising from the dead.
2 (Resurrection) a Christ's rising from the dead. b the rising of the dead at the Last Judgement.
3 a revival after disuse, inactivity, or decay.
4 exhumation.
5 the unearthing of a lost or forgotten thing; restoration to vogue or memory.

Idiom
resurrection plant any of various plants, including clubmosses of the genus Selaginella and the Rose of Jericho, unfolding when moistened after being dried.
Derivative
resurrectional adj.
Etymology
ME f. OF f. LL resurrectio -onis (as RESURGENT)

THESAURUS

resurrection

apotheosis, ascension, assumption, copy, duplication, gathering, imitation, new birth, palingenesis, palingenesy, re-creation, re-formation, reanimation, rebirth, rebuilding, reconstitution, reconstruction, recrudescence, redesign, redoing, reedition, reestablishment, refashioning, refreshment, regeneracy, regenerateness, regeneration, regenesis, reinstitution, reissue, rejuvenation, rejuvenescence, remaking, renaissance, renascence, renewal, renovation, reorganization, repetition, reprinting, reproduction, reshaping, restoration, restructuring, resurgence, resuscitation, revision, revival, revivescence, revivescency, revivification, second wind, second youth, the Ascension, the Assumption, translation

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Reproduction

N reproduction, renovation, restoration, renewal, new edition, reprint, revival, regeneration, palingenesis, revivification, apotheosis, resuscitation, reanimation, resurrection, reappearance, regrowth, Phoenix, generation, multiplication, reproduced, renascent, reappearing, reproductive, suigenetic.

Heaven

N heaven, kingdom of heaven, kingdom of God, heavenly kingdom, throne of God, presence of God, inheritance of the saints in light, Paradise, Eden, Zion, abode of the blessed, celestial bliss, glory, Olympus, Elysium (paradise), Elysian fields, Arcadia, bowers of bliss, garden of the Hesperides, third heaven, Valhalla, Walhalla (Scandinavian), Nirvana (Buddhist), happy hunting grounds, Alfardaws, Assama, Falak al aflak the highest heaven (Mohammedan), future state, eternal home, eternal reward, resurrection, translation, resuscitation, apotheosis, deification, heavenly, celestial, supernal, unearthly, from on high, paradisiacal, beatific, elysian, looks through nature up to the nature's god, the great world's altarstairs, that slope through darkness up to God, the treasury of everlasting joy, vigeur de dessus.

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