resurrectionist
Americannoun
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a person who brings something to life or view again.
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a believer in resurrection.
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Also called resurrection man. a person who exhumes and steals dead bodies, especially for dissection; body snatcher.
noun
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facetious (formerly) a body snatcher
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a member of an Anglican religious community founded in 1892
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a person who believes in the Resurrection
Etymology
Origin of resurrectionist
First recorded in 1770–80; resurrection + -ist
Example Sentences
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I’m practiced at the art of dying things, but I’m a resurrectionist too, being a projectionist and writing poetry.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 31, 2023
And everyone who attends a film at the Vista, or at the other few theaters around the world still using film, is a resurrectionist as well.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 31, 2023
Queer as Folk creator and Doctor Who resurrectionist Russell T. Davies wrote the series; Emma Thompson and Rory Kinnear star, so this has a lot of potential to be worth watching.
From Slate • May 20, 2019
Sadly, some of the best potential marriages would require the services of a resurrectionist rather than an editor.
From The Guardian • May 9, 2017
He continued in the resurrectionist business up to the time of the passing of the Anatomy Act, when he was taken on as a servant in the dissecting-room of St. Thomas’ Hospital.
From The Diary of a Resurrectionist, 1811-1812 To Which Are Added an Account of the Resurrection Men in London and a Short History of the Passing of the Anatomy Act by Bailey, James Blake
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