Definition of Resurection
Res`ur*rec"tion (?), n. [F.
résurrection, L. resurrectio, fr.
resurgere, resurrectum, to rise again; pref. re-
re- + surgere to rise. See Source.] 1.
A rising again; the resumption of vigor.
2. 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.
Nor after resurrection shall he stay
Longer on earth. Milton.
3. State of being risen from the dead; future
state.
In the resurrection they neither marry nor are
given in marriage. Matt. xxii. 30.
4. The cause or exemplar of a rising from the
dead.
I am the resurrection, and the
life. John xi. 25.
Cross of the resurrection, a slender cross
with a pennant floating from the junction of the bars. --
Resurrection plant (Bot.), a name given
to several species of Selaginella (as S. convoluta and
S. lepidophylla), flowerless plants which, when dry, close up
so as to resemble a bird's nest, but revive and expand again when
moistened. The name is sometimes also given to the rose of Jericho.
See under Rose.
Res`ur*rec"tion (?), n. [F.
résurrection, L. resurrectio, fr.
resurgere, resurrectum, to rise again; pref. re-
re- + surgere to rise. See Source.] 1.
A rising again; the resumption of vigor.
2. 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.
Nor after resurrection shall he stay
Longer on earth. Milton.
3. State of being risen from the dead; future
state.
In the resurrection they neither marry nor are
given in marriage. Matt. xxii. 30.
4. The cause or exemplar of a rising from the
dead.
I am the resurrection, and the
life. John xi. 25.
Cross of the resurrection, a slender cross
with a pennant floating from the junction of the bars. --
Resurrection plant (Bot.), a name given
to several species of Selaginella (as S. convoluta and
S. lepidophylla), flowerless plants which, when dry, close up
so as to resemble a bird's nest, but revive and expand again when
moistened. The name is sometimes also given to the rose of Jericho.
See under Rose.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- The act of arising from the dead, id est becoming alive again.
- (Christianity) The Resurrection: The resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead.
- (Christianity) A self-referential term for Jesus Christ
Quotations
*Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live: - John 11:25
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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