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resurrection

res.ur.rec.tion \.rez-*-'rek-sh*n\ \-shn*l, -sh*n-*l\ n [ME, fr. LL 
   resurrection-, resurrectio act of rising from the dead,] fr. resurrectus, 
   pp. of resurgere to rise from the dead, fr. L, to rise again, fr. re- + 
   surgere to rise - more at SURGE cap  1a: the rising of Christ from the dead 
    often cap  1b: the rising again to life of all the human dead before the 
   final judgmen t 1c: the state of one risen from the dead  2: RESURGENCE, 
   REVIVAL  Christian Science  3: a spiritualization of thought : material 
   belief that yields to spiritu al understanding - res.ur.rec.tion.al aj