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resurrectionist definition

res·ur·rec·tion·ist (-ist)

noun

  1. a person who steals bodies from graves, esp. for dissection
  2. a person who brings something back into use or notice again

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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