Both Uses of
resurrection
in
Don Quixote
- What has handling my face got to do with the resurrection of this damsel?†
Chpt 2.69-70 *
- His sadness arose from his defeat, and his satisfaction from the thought of the virtue that lay in Sancho, as had been proved by the resurrection of Altisidora; though it was with difficulty he could persuade himself that the love-smitten damsel had been really dead.†
Chpt 2.71-72
Definitions:
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(1)
(resurrection as in: resurrection of a dream) to rise again after failure, inactivity, or disuse
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
As a proper noun, Christians use The Resurrection to refer to their belief that Jesus arose from the dead three days after he was killed. In the major monotheistic religions (Christianity, Judaism, and Islam) Resurrection is also used to refer to the rising of the dead on Judgment Day.