resurrection

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

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.”

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