1.A rising again; the resumption of vigor.
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. "Nor after resurrection shall he stay Longer on earth."
3.State of being risen from the dead; future state. "In the resurrection they neither marry nor are given in marriage."
4.The cause or exemplar of a rising from the dead. "I am the resurrection, and the life."