instauration

[ in-staw-rey-shuhn ]

noun

1. renewal; restoration; renovation; repair.
2. Obsolete. an act of instituting something; establishment.

instauration

/ ˌɪnstɔːˈreɪʃən /

noun

1. rare.
   restoration or renewal

Derived Forms

• ˈinstauˌrator, noun

Other Words From

• in·stau·ra·tor [in, -staw-rey-ter], noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of instauration¹

First recorded in 1595–1605; from Latin instaurātiōn- (stem of instaurātiō ) “a renewing, repeating”; in- ², store, -ation

Word History and Origins

Origin of instauration¹

C17: from Latin instaurātiō, from instaurāre to renew

Example Sentences

In 1620 Francis Bacon called for a Great Instauration—‘instauration’ here means ‘founding’, and the term is suitably vague.

From Literature

But, despite some abstruse Jamesianisms like “instauration,” “peculation,” “invigilator,” and — my favorite — an “inspissatedly expressed and barely scrutable conjecture,” he tempers his stylistic mimicry to appeal to modern tastes, with shorter paragraphs and heightened urgency.

From Los Angeles Times

We aimed at nothing less than to speak of the instauration of spirit, and its incarnation in a beautiful form.

From Project Gutenberg

The instauration of general anaesthesia came from experiments made on man alone.

From Project Gutenberg

Its aim was to realise in political institutions that great instauration of which Bacon dreamed in the world of intelligence.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• reconstruction
• recovery
• refurbishment
• rehabilitation
• reinstatement
• renewal
• renovation
• repatriation
• revival