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[syn: initiation, founding, foundation, institution, origination, creation, innovation, introduction, instauration]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Instauration \In`stau*ra"tion\, n. [L. instauratio: cf. F.
instauration.]
Restoration after decay, lapse, or dilapidation; renewal;
repair; renovation; renaissance.
[1913 Webster]
Some great catastrophe or . . . instauration. --T.
Burnet.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
instauration
n 1: the act of starting something for the first time;
introducing something new; "she looked forward to her
initiation as an adult"; "the foundation of a new
scientific society" [syn: initiation, founding,
foundation, institution, origination, creation,
innovation, introduction, instauration]