I. ˌrezəˈrekshən noun
( -s )
Etymology: Middle English, from Late Latin resurrection-, resurrectio act of rising from the dead, Easter festival, from resurrectus (past participle of resurgere to rise from the dead, from Latin, to rise again, from re- + surgere to rise) + Latin -ion-, -io -ion — more at surge
1.
a. usually capitalized : a service or festival (as Easter) commemorating the rising of Jesus Christ from the dead
Resurrection services at the cathedral
b. often capitalized : the rising again to life of all the human dead before the final judgment that is predicted in Christian religions
there will be a resurrection of both the just and the unjust — Acts 24:15 (Revised Standard Version)
c. : the state of one risen from the dead
for in the resurrection they neither marry nor are given in marriage — Mt 22:30 (Revised Standard Version)
d. usually capitalized : a representation of Christ's resurrection (as in art or drama)
2. : the act or fact of rising again from an inferior state (as death, decay, disuse) into a superior : resurgence , revival
3. : an agent, cause, or exemplar of a rising of the dead
I am the resurrection and the life — Jn 11:25 (Revised Standard Version)
4. Christian Science : spiritualization of thought : material belief yielding to spiritual understanding
II. | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ transitive verb
( -ed/-ing/-s )
Etymology: resurrection (I)
: resurrect