Resurrection1. (n.) A rising again; a return from death to life; as the resurrection of Christ.
2. (n.) 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.
3. (n.) State of being risen from the dead; future state.
4. (n.) The cause or exemplar of a rising from the dead.
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apotheosis, ascension, assumption, copy, duplication, gathering, imitation, new birth, palingenesis, palingenesy, re-creation, re-formation, reanimation, rebirth, rebuilding, reconstitution, reconstruction, recrudescence, redesign, redoing, reedition, reestablishment, refashioning, refreshment, regeneracy, regenerateness, regeneration, regenesis, reinstitution, reissue, rejuvenation, rejuvenescence, remaking, renaissance, renascence, renewal, renovation, reorganization, repetition, reprinting, reproduction, reshaping, restoration, restructuring, resurgence, resuscitation, revision, revival, revivescence, revivescency, revivification, second wind, second youth, the Ascension, the Assumption, translation