instauration

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

instauration
    n 1: 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" [syn: {initiation}, {founding},
         {foundation}, {institution}, {origination}, {creation},
         {innovation}, {introduction}, {instauration}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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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