Usually means: Revival of life after death.
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We found 36 dictionaries that define the word resurrection:

General (26 matching dictionaries)
  1. resurrection: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. resurrection, the Resurrection, the resurrection: Merriam-Webster
  3. resurrection, the Resurrection: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. resurrection: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. resurrection: Collins English Dictionary
  6. Resurrection, resurrection: Vocabulary.com
  7. Resurrection, resurrection: Wordnik
  8. resurrection, the Resurrection, the resurrection: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. Resurrection, resurrection: Wiktionary
  10. resurrection: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. resurrection: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. resurrection: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. Resurrection: Dictionary.com
  14. resurrection: Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. resurrection: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
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  17. Resurrection: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  18. resurrection: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  19. resurrection: Rhymezone
  20. Resurrection: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  21. resurrection: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  22. resurrection: FreeDictionary.org
  23. resurrection: Mnemonic Dictionary
  24. The Resurrection, resurrection: TheFreeDictionary.com

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Resurrection: Eastern Philosophy

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. The Resurrection, resurrection: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. The Resurrection, resurrection: Encyclopedia

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  2. resurrection: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Brilliant Dream Dictionary (No longer online)
  2. Resurrection: Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy

Religion (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Irivng Hexham's Concise Dictionary of Religion (No longer online)

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. resurrection: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. resurrection: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See resurrectional as well.)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
▸ noun:  The act of arising from the dead and becoming alive again.
▸ noun:  (Christianity, Islam, Judaism) The general resurrection.
▸ noun:  (figuratively) A miraculous comeback or revival (e.g., of a TV series); recovery from a dire predicament.
▸ noun:  (archaic) The act of bodysnatching (illicitly exhuming a cadaver).
▸ noun:  (Christianity) The resurrection of Jesus Christ.
▸ noun:  (Islam) The 75th sura (chapter) of the Qur'an.

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resurrectionism, revival, resuscitation, revivification, reviviscence, reviving, rising, rebirth, resurgence, arisal, more...

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death, demise, extinction, annihilation, obliteration

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bodily resurrection, more...

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the resurrection, general resurrection, resurrection plant, resurrection fern, resurrection ferns, more...

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first, general, glorious, own, physical, future, spiritual, final, second, literal, joyful

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Similar:
resurrectionism, revival, resuscitation, revivification, reviviscence, reviving, rising, rebirth, resurgence, arisal, more...

Opposite:
death, demise, extinction, annihilation, obliteration

Types:
bodily resurrection, more...

Phrases:
the resurrection, general resurrection, resurrection plant, resurrection fern, resurrection ferns, christs resurrection, resurrection of christ, christ's resurrection, resurrection plants, resurrection man, more...

Adjectives:
first, general, glorious, own, physical, future, spiritual, final, second, literal, joyful

Colors:
    white,     gold,     green,     purple,     blue, more...



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