resurrection

Definition

  • noun: the event told about in the Bible in which Jesus Christ returned to life after his death
  • noun: the rising of Christ from the dead
  • synonyms: apotheosis, ascension, assumption

Examples

  • He was enjoying the 'resurrection' of his career.

  • a 'resurrection' of an old theory

Movie quotes

  • (..) in everlasting fellowship "with all that wait for Thee on earth, "and with all that are around Thee in heaven, "in union with Him who is the resurrection "and the life, who liveth and reigneth with Thee and the Holy Ghost, "ever one God, world without end. Amen." He can't have that on there. (..)
    2008 The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
  • (..) - "My people's density is my density." - Destiny. "Its struggles and its sorrows, its joys and its miseries are mine. "I must work and create for the resurrection of my Fatherland. "The history of my people is great and glorious." And it's . - I'm sorry? - Isn't that when we finish? (..)
    2008 The Boy in the Striped Pajamas