01 n. A rising again; the resumption of vigor.
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A rising again; the resumption of vigor.
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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.
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State of being risen from the dead; future state.“In the resurrection they neither marry nor are given in marriage.” — Matt. xxii. 30.
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The cause or exemplar of a rising from the dead.“I am the resurrection, and the life.” — John xi. 25.
Phrases & compounds
Cross of the resurrection —
a slender cross with a pennant floating from the junction of the bars.
Resurrection plant —
a name given to several species of Selaginella (as Selaginella convoluta and Selaginella 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.