resurrection

  • 21resurrection — There was a variety of beliefs about life after death held both by people generally and by intellectuals in the biblical eras. The ancient Hebrews rejected both the Canaanite Baal worship, which included in the cult the annual dying and rising… …

    Dictionary of the Bible

  • 22resurrection — noun /rɛzəˈrɛkʃən,rɛzəˈrɛkʃn̩/ a) The act of arising from the dead, id est becoming alive again. , Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live: John 11:25 b) The… …

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  • 23resurrection — noun (U) 1 also Resurrection the return of Jesus Christ to life after his death after being crucified crucify, which is one of the main beliefs of the Christian religion 2 also Resurrection the return of all dead people to life at the end of the… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 24resurrection —    Christians believe that human bodies will return from the dead in a reconstituted form at the advent of the new heaven and earth, and that this general resurrection is prefigured in the resurrection of Jesus Christ. While it would be… …

    Christian Philosophy

  • 25resurrection — res|ur|rec|tion [ˌrezəˈrekʃən] n [singular] [Date: 1200 1300; : Latin; Origin: resurrectio, from resurgere; RESURGENCE] 1.) the Resurrection the return of Jesus Christ to life after his death on the cross, which is one of the main beliefs of the… …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 26resurrection — res|ur|rec|tion [ ,rezə rekʃən ] noun 1. ) the Resurrection the occasion on which Jesus Christ was brought back to life after his death, according to the Bible a ) the occasion on which all dead people will be brought back to life at the end of… …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 27Résurrection —    1) Resurrection    Film fantastique de Daniel Petrie, avec Ellen Burstyn, Sam Shepard, Richard Farnsworth.   Pays: États Unis   Date de sortie: 1980   Technique: couleurs   Durée: 1 h 43    Résumé    À la suite d un accident de voiture, où son …

    Dictionnaire mondial des Films

  • 28resurrection — noun the action of resurrecting. ↘(the Resurrection) (in Christian belief) Christ s rising from the dead. ↘(the Resurrection) (in Christian belief) the rising of the dead at the Last Judgement. Origin ME: from OFr., from late L. resurrectio(n ),… …

    English new terms dictionary

  • 29resurrection — UK [ˌrezəˈrekʃ(ə)n] / US [ˌrezəˈrekʃən] noun 1) a) the Resurrection the occasion on which Jesus Christ was brought back to life after his death, according to the Bible b) the occasion on which all dead people will be brought back to life at the… …

    English dictionary

  • 30Resurrection — n. 1 the act or an instance of rising from the dead. 2 (Resurrection) a Christ s rising from the dead. b the rising of the dead at the Last Judgement. 3 a revival after disuse, inactivity, or decay. 4 exhumation. 5 the unearthing of a lost or… …

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