— resurrectional , adj. — resurrective , adj.
/rez'euh rek"sheuhn/ , n.
1. the act of rising from the dead.
2. ( cap. ) the rising of Christ after His death and burial.
3. ( cap. ) the rising of the dead on Judgment Day.
4. the state of those risen from the dead.
5. a rising again, as from decay, disuse, etc.; revival.
6. Christian Science. a rising above mortality through the understanding of spiritual life as demonstrated by Jesus Christ.
[ 1250-1300; ME ( resurrection- (s. of resurrectio ) the Easter church-festival, equiv. to resurrect ( us ) (ptp. of resurgere to rise again; see RESURGE) + -ion- -ION ]