instauration

English

Etymology

From Latin instauratio: compare French instauration.

Noun

instauration (countable and uncountable, plural instaurations)

  1. restoration after decay or dilapidation; renewal; repair
    • T. Burnet
      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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)


French

Etymology

From instaurer.

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Noun

instauration f (plural instaurations)

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

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