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res·ur·rec·tion I. \ˌrezəˈrekshən\ noun (-s) Etymology: Middle English, from Late Latin resurrection-, resurrectio act of rising from the dead, Easter festival, from resurrectus (past participle of resurgere to rise from the dead, from Latin, to rise again, from re- + surgere to rise) + Latin -ion-, -io -ion — more at surge 1. a. usually capitalized : a service or festival (as Easter) commemorating the rising of Jesus Christ from the dead < Resurrection services at the cathedral > b. often capitalized : the rising again to life of all the human dead before the final judgment that is predicted in Christian religions < there will be a resurrection of both the just and the unjust — Acts 24:15 (Revised Standard Version) > c. : the state of one risen from the dead < for in the resurrection they neither marry nor are given in marriage — Mt 22:30 (Revised Standard Version) > d. usually capitalized : a representation of Christ's resurrection (as in art or drama) 2. : the act or fact of rising again from an inferior state (as death, decay, disuse) into a superior : resurgence, revival 3. : an agent, cause, or exemplar of a rising of the dead < I am the resurrection and the life — Jn 11:25 (Revised Standard Version) > 4. Christian Science : spiritualization of thought : material belief yielding to spiritual understanding II. \| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷\ transitive verb (-ed/-ing/-s) Etymology: resurrection (I) : resurrect |