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renaissance
noun
    1. A rebirth or revival, especially of learning, culture and the arts.
      Thesaurus: resurrection, revival, new dawn, rejuvenation, rebirth, reawakening, reappearance, regeneration, re-emergence, renascence, resurgence.
    2. The revival of arts and letters which formed the transition from the Middle Ages to the modern world.
      Form: the Renaissance
adj
    1. Relating to the Renaissance.
Etymology: 19c: French, from Latin renasci to be born again.



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