[res.ur.rec.tion] n [ME, fr. LL resurrection-, resurrectio act of rising from the dead, fr. resurgere to rise from the dead, fr. L, to rise again, fr. re- + surgere to rise--more at surge] (14c) 1 a cap: the rising of Christ from the dead b often cap: the rising again to life of all the human dead before the final judgment c: the state of one risen from the dead
2: resurgence, revival 3 Christian Science: a spiritualization of thought: material belief that yields to spiritual understanding -- res.ur.rec.tion.al adj