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Meaning of resurrection | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2 Standard
ɹɛzəˈɹɛkʃən

Definitions

  1. The act of arising from the dead and becoming alive again.
    countable, uncountable
  2. The act of arising from the dead and becoming alive again
  3. The resurrection of Jesus Christ.
  4. The general resurrection.
    Judaism, countable, uncountable
  5. The general resurrection
  6. The 75th sura (chapter) of the Qur'an.
  7. A miraculous comeback or revival (e.g., of a TV series); recovery from a dire predicament.
    countable, figuratively, uncountable
  8. A miraculous comeback or revival (e.g., of a TV series); recovery from a dire predicament
  9. The act of bodysnatching (illicitly exhuming a cadaver).
    archaic, countable, uncountable
  10. The act of bodysnatching (illicitly exhuming a cadaver)

Equivalents

Български възкресение
Català resurrecció
Cymraeg atgyfodiad
Ελληνικά ανάσταση
Esperanto reviviĝo
Español resurrección
فارسی رستاخیز
Français résurrection
Gaeilge aiséirí
עברית תחייה
Magyar feltámadás
Հայերեն հարություն
Bahasa Indonesia bangkitan kebangkitan
Íslenska upprisa
日本語 再誕 回生 復活
한국어 부활
Latina resurrectio
Lietuvių prisikėlimas
Latviešu augšāmcelšanās
Македонски воскресение
Português ressurreição
Română înviere reînviere
Kiswahili ufufuo
Türkçe diriliş
ئۇيغۇرچە قىيامەت
اردو احیا نشور
Tiếng Việt cải tử hoàn sinh

Examples

“But the rest of the dead lived not again until the thousand years were finished. This is the first resurrection. Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection: on such the second death hath no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years.”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
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