resurrection

C1 Topic:Abstract Ideas

US /ɹɛzəˈɹɛkʃən/ See IPA manual

Freq #10423

Meanings

1

noun
a revival from inactivity and disuse

It produced a resurrection of hope.
2

noun
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.
3

noun
The act of arising from the dead and becoming alive again.
4

noun
A miraculous comeback or revival (e.g., of a TV series); recovery from a dire predicament.

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Synonyms

3 noun · the act of arising from the... gainrising

More anastasis

Word family

Derived forms nonresurrectionpostresurrectionresurrectionalresurrectionaryresurrectionerresurrectionismresurrectionistresurrectionize

Related forms resurgeresurgence resurrectsurrection

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resurrection fern
a fern that grows on rocks or tree trunks and has grayish, scaly frond undersides

Noun + noun

Simplified etymology

Resurrection entered English in the Middle English period and comes ultimately from Latin surgere, “to rise.” Its literal underlying sense is “a rising again.”

Etymology

From Middle English resurreccioun, resurrection, from Anglo-Norman resurrectiun, Old French resurrection (French: résurrection), and their etymon Late Latin resurrēctiōnem (accusative of resurrēctiō) from Latin resurgō (“to rise again”), from re- (“again”), + surgō (“to rise”). By surface analysis, resurrect + -ion. Displaced native Old English ǣrist.

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# resurrection

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C1
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ɹɛzəˈɹɛkʃən/
**Frequency rank:** 10423

## Meanings
1. a revival from inactivity and disuse
2. The general resurrection.
3. The act of arising from the dead and becoming alive again.
4. A miraculous comeback or revival (e.g., of a TV series); recovery from a dire predicament.

## Examples
- It produced a resurrection of hope.
- 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.

## Synonyms
- anastasis

## Derived Forms
- nonresurrection
- postresurrection
- resurrectional
- resurrectionary
- resurrectioner
- resurrectionism
- resurrectionist
- resurrectionize

## Related Forms
- resurge
- resurgence
- resurrect
- surrection

## Etymology
From Middle English resurreccioun, resurrection, from Anglo-Norman resurrectiun, Old French resurrection (French: résurrection), and their etymon Late Latin resurrēctiōnem (accusative of resurrēctiō) from Latin resurgō (“to rise again”), from re- (“again”), + surgō (“to rise”). By surface analysis, resurrect + -ion. Displaced native Old English ǣrist.

## Topics
- Abstract Ideas
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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