Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - resurrection

 noun  Etymology: Middle English resurreccioun, from Anglo-French, from Late Latin ~-, resurrectio act of rising from the dead, from resurgere to rise from the dead, from Latin, to rise again, from re- + surgere to rise — more at surge  Date: 14th century  1.  a. capitalized the rising of Christ from the dead  b. often capitalized the rising again to life of all the human dead before the final judgment  c. the state of one risen from the dead  2. resurgence, revival  3. Christian Science a spiritualization of thought ; material belief that yields to spiritual understanding  • ~al adjective RESURRECTIONAL  adjective see resurrection