resurrection

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/ɹɛzəˈɹɛkʃən/

noun 4name 2

Collocations

ADJ.

blessed, dead

VERB + RESURRECTION

allow, believe, believes, celebrates, celebrating, commemorating, glorify, hint

RESURRECTION + NOUN

christ, jesus, lord, o

PREP.

in, on, up, with, without

ADV.

such

Definitions

noun

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

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.

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

The act of bodysnatching (illicitly exhuming a cadaver).

name

The resurrection of Jesus Christ.

The 75th sura (chapter) of the Qur'an.

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Wiktionary

Resurrection is at hand.

Tatoeba · #337205

Easter week ends up with Jesus' resurrection.

Tatoeba · #1214187

The Christian festival of Easter is the celebration of the resurrection of Jesus Christ.

Tatoeba · #1522143

Every parting gives a foretaste of death, every reunion a hint of the resurrection.

Tatoeba · #3080354

Jefferson's Bible gives us a preaching Jesus of distinctly human dimensions, without miracles or resurrection.

Tatoeba · #3087358

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