Definition of: resurrection

(rez′ə·rek′shən) noun
1. A rising again from the dead.
2. The state of those who have risen from the dead.
3. Any revival or renewal, as of a practice or custom, after disuse, decay, etc.; restoration; rebirth.
4. In Christian Science, spiritualization of thought; a new and higher idea of immortality, or spiritual existence; material belief yielding to spiritual understanding.
—the Resurrection Theol.
1. The rising of Christ from the dead.
2. The rising again of all the dead at the day of final judgment. [<L resurrectio, -onis <resurrectus, pp. of resurgere. See RESURGE.]
—res′ur·rec′tion·al adjective