resurrectionist

[ rez-uh-rek-shuh-nist ]

noun
  1. a person who brings something to life or view again.

  2. a believer in resurrection.

  1. Also called resurrection man . a person who exhumes and steals dead bodies, especially for dissection; body snatcher.

Origin of resurrectionist

1
First recorded in 1770–80; resurrection + -ist

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British Dictionary definitions for resurrectionist

resurrectionist

/ (ˌrɛzəˈrɛkʃənɪst) /


noun
  1. facetious (formerly) a body snatcher

  2. a member of an Anglican religious community founded in 1892

  1. a person who believes in the Resurrection

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