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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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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]
WordNet (r) 2.0
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