resur'rectionary

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resurrection (ˌrɛzəˈrɛkʃən) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
n
1.  a supposed act or instance of a dead person coming back to life
2.  belief in the possibility of this as part of a religious or mystical system
3.  the condition of those who have risen from the dead: we shall all live in the resurrection
4.  the revival of something: a resurrection of an old story
 
[C13: via Old French from Late Latin resurrectiō, from Latin resurgere to rise again; see resurge]
 
resur'rectional
 
adj
 
resur'rectionary
 
adj

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