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renaissance

/ˈɹɛnəˌsɑns/

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What does renaissance mean?

noun

  1. A rebirth or revival.
  2. Any similar artistic or intellectual revival.

adjective

  1. Of, or relating to the Renaissance.
More meanings (4)

adjective

  1. Of, or relating to the style of art or architecture of the Renaissance.

proper noun

  1. The period of this revival, typically lasting from the late 14th to the late 16th centuries; the transition from medieval to modern times.
  2. (historical) The 14th-century revival of classical art, architecture, literature and learning that originated in Italy and spread throughout Europe over the following two centuries.

noun

  1. (historical) Alternative letter-case form of Renaissance.

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/ˈɹɛnəˌsɑns/

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It reminded Rowland in its homely veracity, its artless artfulness, of the works of the early Italian Renaissance.
Henry JamesRoderick HudsonProject Gutenberg ebook #176
Other motives which I believe make toward the Settlement are the result of a certain renaissance going forward in Christianity.
Jane AddamsTwenty Years at Hull House; with Autobiographical NotesProject Gutenberg ebook #1325
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So far as white men are concerned, this fact is to-day being recognized in the South, and a happy renaissance of university education seems imminent.
VariousThe Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, 1995, Memorial IssueProject Gutenberg ebook #206
When the Renaissance dawned upon the world, and brought with it the new ideals of the beauty of life and the joy of living, men could not understand Christ.
Oscar WildeThe Soul of Man under SocialismProject Gutenberg ebook #1017
It is a mistake to think of the Renaissance as a brief period of sudden fruitfulness in the North Italian cities.
William, Sir OslerThe Evolution of Modern Medicine A Series of Lectures Delivered at Yale University on the Silliman Foundation in April, 1913Project Gutenberg ebook #1566