Instauration

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Instauration \In`stau*ra"tion\, n. [L. instauratio: cf. F.
     instauration.]
     Restoration after decay, lapse, or dilapidation; renewal;
     repair; renovation; renaissance.
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           Some great catastrophe or . . . instauration. --T.
                                                    Burnet.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  instauration
       n : the act of starting something for the first time;
           introducing something new; "she looked forward to her
           initiation as an adult"; "the foundation of a new
           scientific society"; "he regards the fork as a modern
           introduction" [syn: {initiation}, {founding}, {foundation},
            {institution}, {origination}, {creation}, {innovation},
           {introduction}]