- a supposed act or instance of a dead person coming back to life
- belief in the possibility of this as part of a religious or mystical system
- the condition of those who have risen from the dead: we shall all live in the resurrection
- the revival of something: a resurrection of an old story
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res•ur•rec•tion /ˌrɛzəˈrɛkʃən/USA pronunciation
n.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026- [uncountable] the act of resurrecting from the dead.
- Religion[uncountable* Resurrection] the rising of Christ after His death and burial.
- Religion[uncountable* Resurrection] the rising of the dead on Judgment Day.
- [countable] a rising again, as from decay or disuse;
revival.
res•ur•rec•tion
(rez′ə rek′shən),USA pronunciation n.
res′ur•rec′tion•al, adj.
res′ur•rec′tive, adj.
- the act of rising from the dead.
- Religion(cap.) the rising of Christ after His death and burial.
- Religion(cap.) the rising of the dead on Judgment Day.
- the state of those risen from the dead.
- a rising again, as from decay, disuse, etc.;
revival. - Religion[Christian Science.]a rising above mortality through the understanding of spiritual life as demonstrated by Jesus Christ.
- Latin resurrēctiōn- (stem of resurrēctiō) the Easter church-festival, equivalent. to resurrēct(us) (past participle of resurgere to rise again; see resurge) + -iōn- -ion
- Old French)
- Middle English (1250–1300
res′ur•rec′tive, adj.
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resurrection /ˌrɛzəˈrɛkʃən/ n
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Resurrection /ˌrɛzəˈrɛkʃən/ n
- the rising again of Christ from the tomb three days after his death
- the rising again from the dead of all humankind at the Last Judgment
'resurrection' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Davies
- Easter
- Last Judgment
- paradise
- resurrectionism
- resurrectionist
- resurrection plant
- Rosicrucian
- Sabbath
- Sadducee
- Thomas
- anamnesis
- Christophany
- fundamentalism
- Holy Sepulcher
- lich gate
- mystery play
- noli me tangere
- resurrect
- resurrectionary
- resurrection fern
- resurrection gate
- rose of Jericho
- yew
- sepulcher