Associations to the word «Resurrection»

Wiktionary

RESURRECTION, noun. The act of arising from the dead and becoming alive again.
RESURRECTION, noun. (Christianity) The Resurrection: The resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead.
RESURRECTION MAN, noun. (euphemistic) (historical) One who sells cadavers to anatomists, surgeons, etc., especially by exhuming corpses from graves; a graverobber.
RESURRECTION MEN, noun. Plural of resurrection man
RESURRECTION PLANT, noun. Any poikilohydric plant that can survive periods of extreme dehydration.
RESURRECTION PLANTS, noun. Plural of resurrection plant

Dictionary definition

RESURRECTION, noun. (New Testament) the rising of Christ on the third day after the Crucifixion.
RESURRECTION, noun. A revival from inactivity and disuse; "it produced a resurrection of hope".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats