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    RESURRECTION

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    A revival from inactivity and disuseplay

    Example:

    it produced a resurrection of hope

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting acts or actions

    Hypernyms ("resurrection" is a kind of...):

    resurgence; revitalisation; revitalization; revival; revivification (bringing again into activity and prominence)

    Derivation:

    resurrect (cause to become alive again)

    Sense 2

    Meaning:

    (New Testament) the rising of Christ on the third day after the Crucifixionplay

    Synonyms:

    Christ's Resurrection; Resurrection; Resurrection of Christ

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting natural events

    Instance hypernyms:

    miracle (a marvellous event manifesting a supernatural act of a divine agent)

    Domain category:

    New Testament (the collection of books of the Gospels, Acts of the Apostles, the Pauline and other epistles, and Revelation; composed soon after Christ's death; the second half of the Christian Bible)

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