Renaissance
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 (Freq. 5) • Syn: Renascence • Instance Hypernyms: historic period, age • Part Holonyms: history • Part Meronyms: High Renaissance, quattrocento, Italian Renaissance 2. the revival of learning and culture (Freq. 1) • Syn: rebirth, Renascence • Derivationally related forms: renascent (for: Renascence) • Hypernyms: revival, resurgence, revitalization, revitalisation, revivification
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