aggiornamento
English
WOTD – 30 June 2011
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /əˌdʒɔːnəˈmɛntəʊ/
- (US) IPA(key): /əˌdʒɔɹnəˈmɛntəʊ/
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian aggiornamento.
Noun
aggiornamento
- A bringing up to date, especially of the Roman Catholic Church by the Second Vatican Council of 1962-65; modernization.
- 2002, Colin Jones,The Great Nation, Penguin 2003, p. 249:
- Aggiornamento with the increasingly truculent magistrates was a major plank of Choiseul's recovery strategy for the state.
- 2002, Colin Jones,The Great Nation, Penguin 2003, p. 249:
Translations
reform of some teachings of Roman Catholic Church in 1962-65
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Italian
Etymology
aggiornare + -mento
Portuguese
Alternative forms
Noun
aggiornamento m (uncountable)
- aggiornamento (the reform of some teachings of the Roman Catholic Church in 1962-65)
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