instauration

English

Etymology

From Latin instauratio: compare French instauration.

Noun

instauration (countable and uncountable, plural instaurations)

1. restoration after decay or dilapidation; renewal; repair
   • 1684-1690, Thomas Burnet, The sacred theory of the earth:

     some great catastrophe or […] instauration

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “instauration”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Translations

renewal; repair

• Bulgarian: поправка (bg) f (popravka), възстановяване (bg) n (vǎzstanovjavane)

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin īnstaurātiōnem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛ̃s.tɔ.ʁa.sjɔ̃/

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Noun

instauration f (plural instaurations)

1. establishment (of a government, regime etc.)

Related terms

• instaurer

Further reading

• “instauration”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.