Renascence

//ɹɪˈneɪs(ə)ns// name, noun

name, noun ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A new beginning or rebirth; regeneration. archaic

    "Although at first I was puzzles, I did not have to ponder long the mystery of this man's renascence."

  2. 2
    the revival of learning and culture wordnet
  3. 3
    Renewal, revival.

    "Ignored by her own time, Dickinson was sentimentalized in her renascence."

  4. 4
    a second or new birth wordnet
  5. 5
    The Renaissance. archaic
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    Alternative spelling of Renaissance. US, alt-of, alternative

Example

More examples

"He could see the castle, perched on a height, from a distance: it was a hybrid edifice, a mixture of the Renascence and Louis Philippe styles, but it bore a stately air, nevertheless, with its four turrets and its ivy-mantled draw-bridge."

Etymology

From renascent + -ence.

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