Definify.com
Webster 1913 Edition
Resurrection
Resˊur-rec′tion
,Noun.
[F.
résurrection
, L. resurrectio
, fr. resurgere
, resurrectum
, to rise again; pref. re-
re- + surgere
to rise. See Source
.] 1.
A rising again; the resumption of vigor.
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.Nor after
Longer on earth.
resurrection
shall he stayLonger on earth.
Milton.
3.
State of being risen from the dead; future state.
In the
resurrection
they neither marry nor are given in marriage. Matt. xxii. 30.
4.
The cause or exemplar of a rising from the dead.
I am the
resurrection
, and the life. John xi. 25.
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
.Webster 1828 Edition
Resurrection
RESURREC'TION
,Noun.
A rising again; chiefly, the revival of the dead of the human race, or their return from the grave, particularly at the general judgment. By the resurrection of Christ we have assurance of the future resurrection of men. 1Peter 1.
In the resurrection, they neither marry, nor are given in marriage. Matt. 22.
Definition 2024
resurrection
resurrection
See also: résurrection and rêsurrection
English
Noun
resurrection (plural resurrections)
- The act of arising from the dead and becoming alive again.
- (Christianity) The Resurrection: The resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead.
Translations
the act of arising from the dead
|
|
Christianity: the Resurrection
|
|