renascence

Renascence
    n 1: the period of European history at the close of the Middle
         Ages and the rise of the modern world; a cultural rebirth
         from the 14th through the middle of the 17th centuries
         [syn: {Renaissance}, {Renascence}]
    2: a second or new birth [syn: {reincarnation}, {rebirth},
       {renascence}]
    3: the revival of learning and culture [syn: {rebirth},
       {Renaissance}, {Renascence}]
    

Renascence \Re*nas"cence\ (r?-n?s"sens), n. [See {Renascent},
   and cf. {Renaissance}.]
   1. The state of being renascent.
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            Read the Ph[oe]nix, and see how the single image of
            renascence is varied.                 --Coleridge.
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   2. Same as {Renaissance}.
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            The Renascence . . . which in art, in literature,
            and in physics, produced such splendid fruits. --M.
                                                  Arnold.
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58 Moby Thesaurus words for "renascence":
      amendment, change of allegiance, change of heart, change of mind,
      copy, duplication, imitation, improvement, new birth, palingenesis,
      palingenesy, re-creation, re-formation, reanimation, rebirth,
      rebuilding, reclamation, reconstitution, reconstruction,
      recrudescence, redemption, redesign, redoing, reedition,
      reestablishment, refashioning, reform, reformation, refreshment,
      regeneracy, regenerateness, regeneration, regenesis, reinstitution,
      reissue, rejuvenation, rejuvenescence, remaking, renaissance,
      renewal, renovation, reorganization, repetition, reprinting,
      reproduction, reshaping, restoration, restructuring, resurgence,
      resurrection, resuscitation, revision, revival, revivescence,
      revivescency, revivification, second wind, second youth