Resurrectionism
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 Belief in, or the event of, a person being resurrected from the dead. uncountable
- 2 Graverobbing. historical, uncountable
"Ironically, resurrectionism was not a crime in the 1800s, and both men would never have fallen foul of the law if graverobbing was their only enterprise; certainly, Burke would never have received the death penalty."
Example
More examples"Ironically, resurrectionism was not a crime in the 1800s, and both men would never have fallen foul of the law if graverobbing was their only enterprise; certainly, Burke would never have received the death penalty."
Etymology
From resurrection + -ism.
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