resurrection \res`urrec"tion\, n. f. r'esurrection, l.
   resurrectio, fr. resurgere, resurrectum, to rise again; pref.
   re- re- + surgere to rise. see source.
   1. a rising again; the resumption of vigor.
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   2. especially, the rising again from the dead; the resumption
      of life by the dead; as, the resurrection of jesus christ;
      the general resurrection of all the dead at the day of
      judgment.
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            nor after resurrection shall he stay
            longer on earth.                      --milton.
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   3. state of being risen from the dead; future state.
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            in the resurrection they neither marry nor are given
            in marriage.                          --matt. xxii.
                                                  30.
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   4. the cause or exemplar of a rising from the dead.
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            i am the resurrection, and the life.  --john xi. 25.
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   cross of the resurrection, a slender cross with a pennant
      floating from the junction of the bars.

   resurrection plant bot., a name given to several species
      of selaginella as selaginella convoluta and
      selaginella lepidophylla, flowerless plants which, when
      dry, close up so as to resemble a bird's nest, but revive
      and expand again when moistened. the name is sometimes
      also given to the rose of jericho. see under rose.
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see also:
source cross of the resurrection resurrection plant selaginella selaginella convoluta selaginella lepidophylla 
rose