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Meaning of INSTAURATION

Pronunciation:  `insto'reyshun

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [n]  the act of starting something for the first time; introducing something new
 
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 Synonyms: creation, foundation, founding, initiation, innovation, institution, origination
 
 See Also: beginning, commencement, start

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\In`stau*ra"tion\, n. [L. instauratio: cf. F.
instauration.]
Restoration after decay, lapse, or dilapidation; renewal;
repair; renovation; renaissance.
      Some great catastrophe or . . . instauration. --T.
                                               Burnet.
 
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