resurrectionist Definition

resurrection
noun

1. The act of resurrecting or bringing something back into use.

Thesaurus: rebirth, resuscitation, return, revival, comeback, renaissance, renewal, reactivation, revivification; Antonym: burying, killing off, quashing.
2. The act of coming back to life after death.
3a. Christianity.
Christ's coming back to life three days after his death on the cross;
Form: Resurrection
3b. Christianity.
The coming back to life of all the dead at the Last Judgement.
Form: Resurrection

Derivative: resurrectionary
adj

Derivative: resurrectionist

old use
Someone who robbed graves to get bodies for dissection.

A believer in the Resurrection.

Derivative: resurrector
noun

Etymology: 13c: from French résurrection, from Latin resurgere, resurrectum to rise again.