anastasis

American  

[uh-nas-tuh-sis] / əˈnæs tə sɪs /

noun

anastases plural

1. a representation, in Byzantine art, of Christ harrowing hell.

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• anastases
  plural

Etymology

Origin of anastasis

< Greek anástasis a raising up, removal. See ana-, stasis

Example Sentences

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anastasis

The anastasis of the body is its elevation and spiritualizalion.

From Orthodoxy: Its Truths And Errors by Clarke, James Freeman

It is not a resurrection of the dead but from among the dead that St. Paul is aiming at—not an "anastasis ton nekron," but an "anastasis ek ton nekron."

From The Law and the Word by Troward, T. (Thomas)

The Greek word, here rendered "should rise," is anastaseos from anastasis.

From Twenty-Four Short Sermons On The Doctrine Of Universal Salvation by Dods, John Bovee