Middle English Dictionary Entry
resurrecciǒun n.
Entry Info
| Forms | resurrecciǒun n. Also resurrecciọ̄ne, resurrectioun, -o(u)n, resurrexioun, resureccioun, -ecion, -ectioun, -exioun, -excoun, resoreccioun. |
| Etymology | OF: cp. CF resurrecïon, resurectïon, AF resurrecciun, resurrectiun & L resurrectio, -iōnis. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) The Resurrection of Christ; also, the resurrection of Antichrist [quot.: Chester Pl.Antichr.]; (b) the religious festival commemorating the Resurrection; ~ gilde, a guild that participated in the ceremonies at Easter; (c) a dramatic or pictorial representation of the Resurrection of Christ.
Associated quotations
a
- c1350(a1333) Shoreham Poems (Add 17376)123/244 : To þyssere ioyen scholle by yleyd Alle þe ioyen..Fram crystes resurreccioun, Wat comeþ hys ascensioun.
- c1350 Apoc.(1) in LuSE (Hrl 874)p.8 : Þe flesshe of Iesu crist be þat ilche flesche þat it was er þe resureccioun.
- (c1384) WBible(1) (Dc 369(2))Mat.27.53 : Thei goynge out of her biriels, after his resureccioun [vr. rysynge aȝen; L resurrectionem] camen in to the holy citee.
- c1390 Castle Love(1) (Vrn)1204 : Nouȝt worþ weore his passion, Neore his resurexion.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)128b/b : Alwey we halewe estir day on þe sonday for reuerence and worschipe of þe resurrexioun of oure lord.
- ?a1400(a1338) Mannyng Chron.Pt.2 (Petyt 511)p.162 : We trowe it is our frame, his resurrectioun.
- c1400(c1378) PPl.B (LdMisc 581)11.201 : After his resurreccioun Redemptor was his name.
- c1400(c1378) PPl.B (LdMisc 581)18.427 : Ariseth & reuerenceth goddes resurrexioun.
- a1425 Wycl.Serm.(Bod 788)2.96 : Þis was don in Cristis deþ and his resurreccioun.
- ?a1425 Orch.Syon (Hrl 3432)74/8 : My sone came aȝein to me þe fourty day aftir his holy resurreccioun.
- (a1438) MKempe A (Add 61823)32/5 : Thys creatur..had a desyr to se þo placys wher he was born..wyth oþer holy placys wher he was in hys lyue & also aftyr hys Resurrexyon.
- a1450 Mandev.(3) (BodeMus 116)57/2 : In that place fyrst Iesu Crist aperede to Marie Maudelyn aftyr his resoreccioun.
- c1450 Cursor (Add 36983)202 : Þe Jewes wiþ gret vnskylle Wend his resurection [Vsp: vprisyng] to stille.
- a1456(a1402) *Trev.Nicod.(Add 16165)113b : In witnesse of þe resurexcoun of oure lord Ihesus cryst.
- c1460 Tree & Fruits HG (McC 132)71/1 : After his holy resurreccioun he..shewid hem his hondis and his feet and also his bodi al woundid.
- c1470 Bible F.(Cleve-W q091.92-C468)69/18 : Aftir his resurreccion at xl daies ende oure Lord ascendid up into heuen.
- ?a1475 Ludus C.(Vsp D.8)60/81 : He aftyr his resurreccion returne xal to hefne.
- a1500(?a1425) Chester Pl.Antichr.(Pen 399)496/129 : After my resurreccion thenn wyll I..my gost sende to you downe in forme of fyer full sone.
- a1500 Nicod.(4) (Hrl 149)59 : Moyses and the prophetes prophecyed of my passyoun and of my resureccyoun.
b
- c1300 SLeg.Brendan (LdMisc 108)368 : An ester eue heore procuratour bad heom heore schip take And heore resurrection opon þe fisches rugge make.
- c1300 SLeg.Brendan (LdMisc 108)381 : Heore resurrection was with gret honour i-do, And þis Monekus hadden i-songue heore Massene al-so.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)127b/b : Quinquagesima biginneþ þe þridde sonday aftir Septuagesima and endiþ in þe sonday of þe resurrexioun.
- c1400(c1378) PPl.B (LdMisc 581)18.425 : Tyl þe daye dawed þis damaiseles daunced, That men rongen to þe resurexioun.
- (1463) Will Bury in Camd.4922 : I wylle the owener of my place pay eche yeer viij d. to the resurreccion gilde that viij d. taperis may be light at the dirige and messe the same tyme.
c
- a1400(c1303) Mannyng HS (Hrl 1701)4642 : He may yn þe cherche, þurgh þys resun Pley þe resurreccyun.
- (1447) Acc.St.Mary Thame in BBOAJ 11118 : Item, a paxbrede of the resurecion of Crist.
- (1466) in Cox Churches Derb.p.86 : Item, a super altare that thomas Sharpuls gaffe. Item, one Resurrecton.
- (1466) Rec.St.Stephen in Archaeol.5034 : The resurreccion of our lorde wt the avyse in hys bosum to put þe sacrament þerin..Item, anothir grete branche be for the Resurreccion.
- (1483-85) Acc.St.Andrew Hubbard in BMag.32153, 154 : Item, paid for the..makyng of a new fote that the Resurreccion stondyth on..; item, to John Mudley for peyntyng of the clothe afore the resurreccion.
2.
(a) The general Resurrection at the Day of Judgment; general ~, ~ general; (b) fig. a rebirth, spiritual revival; (c) the reopening of a flower.
Associated quotations
a
- c1350 Apoc.(1) in LuSE (Hrl 874)p.169 : Blissed he is & shal be þat haþ part of þe first resureccioun.
- (c1384) WBible(1) (Dc 369(2))Mark 12.23 : Thanne in the resureccioun [vr. rysyng aȝen], whanne thei schulen rise aȝen, whos wyf of these schal sche be?
- (?1387) Wimbledon Serm.(Corp-C 357)98/588 : Þe secunde rekenynge..shal be anoon aftir þe general resurreccion, and þat shal be vniuersal.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)19292 : Þe Iuen folk felun Did þe apostels in prisun Thoru consail of a naciun Wald trau na resurrecciun.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)22918 : Sant gregor..prouide him..þat at þis resurrectioun, Wit all his limes hale and fere Sal cum befor þe demstere.
- ?a1425 Orch.Syon (Hrl 3432)138/31 : Þanne schulen ȝe se me face to face, and my sooþfast sone, Ihesu Crist, intellectualy, vnto þe tyme of þe general resurreccioun.
- c1425 Bible SNT(1) (Cmb Dd.12.39)Deeds 24.21 : I am demed of ȝowe of þo resurreccione of deade.
- c1460(a1449) Lydg.St.Austin (Hrl 2255)375 : Feith, hoope, and Charite, and hool affecioun Been pilwes foure to reste upon by grace, Day of the general resurrectioun.
- (c1449) Pecock Repr.(Cmb Kk.4.26)6 : In the resurrectioun..thei schulen not wedde neither be weddid.
- ?a1475(?a1425) Higd.(2) (Hrl 2261)3.111 : Moyses and Aaron schalle brynge furthe that arke of the testamente in the firste resurreccion [Trev.: arisynge at þe day of dome].
- c1475 Wisd.(Folg V.a.354)940 : He ys resurreccyon and lywe; to hem, Wyll, resort.
- a1500(1413) *Pilgr.Soul (Eg 615)5.27.105b : So schalt þu ioyfully a-bide the general Resurrection.
- a1500(1445) ?Lydg.Marg.Entry (Hrl 3869)156 : This storie to youre highnes wolde expresse The grete Resurecioun generall.
- a1500 Nicod.(4) (Hrl 149)18 : Saynt Luke seyde: Y beleue yn the resureccyoun of þe flessche.
b
- c1475 Wisd.(Folg V.a.354)1071 : Be the I haue a new resurreccyon; The lyght of grace I fele in me.
c
- c1450(c1386) Chaucer LGW Prol.(1) (Benson-Robinson)110 : That made me to ryse, er yt were day..For to ben at the resureccioun Of this flour, whan that yt shulde unclose Agayn the sonne.