resurrection
IPA: rɛzɝˈɛkʃʌn
noun
- The act of arising from the dead and becoming alive again.
- (Christianity, Islam, Judaism) The general resurrection.
- (figuratively) A miraculous comeback or revival (e. g. of a TV series); recovery from a dire predicament.
- (archaic) The act of bodysnatching (illicitly exhuming a cadaver).
- (Christianity) The resurrection of Jesus Christ.
- (Islam) The 75th sura (chapter) of the Qur'an.
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Examples of "resurrection" in Sentences
- Don't blaspheme the resurrection.
- It exalts the resurrection of Jesus.
- Don't blaspheme the resurrection, jerk.
- There will be a resurrection of the righteous people.
- The resurrection of 1945 was the hollowest of shells.
- The doctrine of the resurrection predates Christianity.
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