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Res`ur*rec"tion, n. Etym: [f. résurrection, l. resurrectio, fr. Resurgere, resurrectum, to rise again; pref. re- re- + surgere to Rise. See source.]

1. A rising again; the resumption of vigor.

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. Nor after resurrection shall he stay longer on earth. Milton.

3. State of being risen from the dead; future state. In the resurrection they neither marry nor are given in marriage. Matt. xxii. 30.

4. The cause or exemplar of a rising from the dead. I am the resurrection, and the life. John xi. 25. 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 s. convoluta and s. 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.

The Resurrection
Matthew 28:1-15
Mark 16:1-13
Luke 24:1-12
John 20:1-18

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