Definitions for Resurrection

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Resurrection res·ur·rec·tion

Spelling: [rez-uh-rek-shuh n]

IPA: /ˌrɛz əˈrɛk ʃən/

Resurrection is a 12 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 14 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.

You can make 1119 anagrams from letters in Resurrection (ceeinorrrstu).

Definitions for Resurrection

noun

1. the act of rising from the dead.
2. (initial capital letter) the rising of Christ after His death and burial.
3. (initial capital letter) the rising of the dead on Judgment Day.
4. the state of those risen from the dead.
5. a rising again, as from decay, disuse, etc.; revival.
6. Christian Science. a rising above mortality through the understanding of spiritual life as demonstrated by Jesus Christ.

Origin of Resurrection

1250-1300; Middle English (Old French) Latin resurrēctiōn- (stem of resurrēctiō) the Easter church-festival, equivalent to resurrēct(us) (past participle of resurgere to rise again; see

Examples for Resurrection

What do we care for Marxism or monarchism, the resurrection of Holy Russia or the Idea of the Common Fate?

It is the moral equivalent of Jesse Jackson saying that the Tea Party “is the resurrection of the Confederacy.”

The Jackson campaign became the resurrection of the black freedom movement in national politics.

There shall be a resurrection of the dead, both of the just and unjust.

The control of matter in putting it off and on at will, as He in His death and resurrection.

What do you suppose one-legged men're going to do in the resurrection, hey, Abe?

Their resurrection of the Congo Village comes just as Norway celebrates the 200th birthday of its constitution.

With any theory of the conditions of our resurrection, I have scarcely here to do.

The most-watched dramas of the 2013-2014 season were NCIS, NCIS: LA, Person of Interest, Blue Bloods, and resurrection.

The reality of the resurrection is established beyond all doubt.