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

  • (..) gods were everywhere. By infusing Jesus the man with the divine magic... ...by making him capable of earthly miracles... ...as well as his own resurrection, Constantine turned him into a god... ...but within the human world. And he basically knocked the more distant gods out of the game. (..)
    2006 The Da Vinci Code