anastasis

American  

[uh-nas-tuh-sis] / əˈnæs tə sɪs /

noun

plural

anastases

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

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Etymology

Origin of anastasis

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

Example Sentences

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

"Tini gar lanthanei hê ek parthenou gennêsis Iêsus kai ho estaurômenos kai hê papa pollois pepistreumenê anastasis autou, kai hê katangellomenê krisis."

From The Virgin-Birth of Our Lord A paper read (in substance) before the confraternity of the Holy Trinity at Cambridge by Randolph, B. W. (Berkeley William)

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 anastasis of the body is its elevation and spiritualizalion.

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