Renaissance

3 definitions found

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

  Renaissance \Re*nais`sance"\ (F. re-n[asl]`s[aum]Ns"; E.
     r[-e]-n[=a]s"sans), n. [F., fr. rena[^i]tre to be born again.
     Cf. {Renascence}.]
     A new birth, or revival. Specifically:
     (a) The transitional movement in Europe, marked by the
         revival of classical learning and art in Italy in the


         15th century, and the similar revival following in other
         countries.
     (b) The style of art which prevailed at this epoch.
         [1913 Webster]
  
               The Renaissance was rather the last stage of the
               Middle Ages, emerging from ecclesiastical and
               feudal despotism, developing what was original in
               mediaeval ideas by the light of classic arts and
               letters.                             --J. A.
                                                    Symonds
                                                    (Encyc.
                                                    Brit.).
         [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Renaissance
       n 1: the period of European history at the close of the Middle
            Ages and the rise of the modern world; a cultural
            rebirth from the 14th through the middle of the 17th
            centuries
       2: the revival of learning and culture [syn: {rebirth}, {renascence}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  27 Moby Thesaurus words for "renaissance":
     new birth, palingenesis, palingenesy, reanimation, rebirth,
     recrudescence, refreshment, regeneracy, regenerateness,
     regeneration, regenesis, rejuvenation, rejuvenescence, renascence,
     renewal, restoration, resumption, resurgence, resurrection,
     resuscitation, return, revival, revivescence, revivescency,
     revivification, second wind, second youth