resurrectionist

resurrectionist
/rez'euh rek"sheuh nist/, n.
1. a person who brings something to life or view again.
2. a believer in resurrection.
3. Also called resurrection man. a person who exhumes and steals dead bodies, esp. for dissection; body snatcher.
[1770-80; RESURRECTION + -IST]

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