[rez-uh-rek-shuh
n] 
| 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. |
| res·ur·rec·tion (rěz'ə-rěk'shən) n.
[Middle English, from Old French, from Late Latin resurrēctiō, resurrēctiōn-, from Latin resurrēctus, past participle of resurgere, to rise again; see resurge.] res'ur·rec'tion·al adj. |
The rising of Jesus from the tomb after his death; a central and distinctive belief of the Christian faith. The Gospels state that after Jesus was crucified and lay in a tomb between Friday evening and Sunday morning, he rose, in body as well as in spirit, and appeared alive to his followers. His resurrection is the basis for the Christian belief that not only Jesus but all Christians will triumph over death. Christians celebrate the Resurrection on Easter Sunday.
resurrection
the rising from the dead of a divine or human being who still retains his own personhood, or individuality, though the body may or may not be changed. The belief in the resurrection of the body is usually associated with Christianity, because of the doctrine of the Resurrection of Christ, but it also is associated with later Judaism, which provided basic ideas that were expanded in Christianity and Islam.
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