resurrections

Noun

resurrection (countable and uncountable, plural resurrections)

1. The act of arising from the dead and becoming alive again.
   • The resurrection of Lazarus was a mighty demonstration of Jesus' power over death; but it was not the resurrection unto life eternal. Only Jesus' own resurrection could demonstrate that.
   • The resurrection of Lazarus was of great importance for the disciples.1971, William Sanford LaSor, “Lazarus”, in Men Who Knew Christ, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 54
   1. (strictly) The act of being raised from the dead into immortal life (as distinguished from a resuscitation into ordinary mortal life).
      • The Resurrection does not mean that a dead man came to life again. We are not faced here with a simple problem in resuscitation. Resuscitation is not resurrection, since resuscitation never reaches beyond the natural. The Resurrection means that the Eternal Word who manifested himself in the form...1940, Edwin Lewis, “The Church and Revelation”, in A Philosophy of the Christian Revelation, 1st edition (Religion), Harper & Brothers Publishers, →OCLC, page 65
2. (Judaism) The general resurrection.
   • 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.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Revelation 20:5–6
3. (figuratively) A miraculous comeback or revival (e.g., of a TV series); recovery from a dire predicament.
4. (archaic) The act of bodysnatching (illicitly exhuming a cadaver).

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