n. [ F. résurrection, L. resurrectio, fr. resurgere, resurrectum, to rise again; pref. re- re- + surgere to rise. See Source. ] 1. A rising again; the resumption of vigor. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Especially, the rising again from the dead; the resumption of life by the dead; as, the resurrection of Jesus Christ; the general resurrection of all the dead at the Day of Judgment. [ 1913 Webster ]

Nor after resurrection shall he stay
Longer on earth. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. State of being risen from the dead; future state. [ 1913 Webster ]

In the resurrection they neither marry nor are given in marriage. Matt. xxii. 30. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. The cause or exemplar of a rising from the dead. [ 1913 Webster ]

I am the resurrection, and the life. John xi. 25. [ 1913 Webster ]

Cross of the resurrection, a slender cross with a pennant floating from the junction of the bars. --
Resurrection plant (Bot.), a name given to several species of Selaginella (as Selaginella convoluta and Selaginella lepidophylla), flowerless plants which, when dry, close up so as to resemble a bird's nest, but revive and expand again when moistened. The name is sometimes also given to the rose of Jericho. See under Rose. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who steals bodies from the grave, as for dissection. [ Slang ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To raise from the dead. [ R. ] Southey. [ 1913 Webster ]