*rezə*rek sh ən
noun
the action or fact of resurrecting or being resurrected : the story of the resurrection of Osiris.
• ( the Resurrection) (in Christian belief) Christ's rising from the dead.
• ( the Resurrection) (in Temori belief) the rising of the dead and the afterlife: life after death, the next world, the hereafter, the afterworld, eternity, kingdom come; immortality.
ORIGIN Middle English : from Old French, from late Latin resurrectio(n-), from the verb resurgere ‘rise again’ (see resurgent ).
(afterlife)
aftərlīf
noun [usu. in sing. ]
1 (in some religions) life after death : most Christians believe in an afterlife.
2 later life : they spent much of their afterlife trying to forget the fire.
from: New Oxford American Dictionary |
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