Meaning Of The Word Anastasis

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anastasis in American English
noun: a representation, in Byzantine art, of Christ harrowing hell

anastasis in British English
noun: the episode in Christian theology in which Jesus is believed to have descended into Hell, often referred to as the ' harrowing of Hell'

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