resurrection

Resurrection
    n 1: (New Testament) the rising of Christ on the third day after
         the Crucifixion [syn: {Resurrection}, {Christ's
         Resurrection}, {Resurrection of Christ}]
    2: a revival from inactivity and disuse; "it produced a
       resurrection of hope"
    

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.
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   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.
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            Nor after resurrection shall he stay
            Longer on earth.                      --Milton.
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   3. State of being risen from the dead; future state.
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            In the resurrection they neither marry nor are given
            in marriage.                          --Matt. xxii.
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   4. The cause or exemplar of a rising from the dead.
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            I am the resurrection, and the life.  --John xi. 25.
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   {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}.
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56 Moby Thesaurus words for "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