Surrection
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A rising. countable, nonce-word, rare, uncountable
"I well remember those texts, Col. iii, 1, and Ephes. ii, 5, and many similar places; but these mention only quickening, and rising, and raising: there is mention of surrection, but not of re-surrection, much less of a first resurrection."
Example
More examples"I well remember those texts, Col. iii, 1, and Ephes. ii, 5, and many similar places; but these mention only quickening, and rising, and raising: there is mention of surrection, but not of re-surrection, much less of a first resurrection."
Etymology
From Latin surrēctiō. Obsolete except as nonce word after resurrection. Compare Middle English surreccion (“insurrection, rebellion”).
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