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in⋅stau⋅ra⋅tion

  [in-staw-rey-shuhn]
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–noun
1. renewal; restoration; renovation; repair.
2. Obsolete. an act of instituting something; establishment.
Origin:
1595–1605; < L instaurātiōn- (s. of instaurātiō) a renewing, repeating. See in- 2 , store, -ation

Related forms:
in⋅stau⋅ra⋅tor  [in-staw-rey-ter] , noun
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in·stau·ra·tion   (ĭn'stô-rā'shən)   
n.  
  1. Renovation; restoration.
  2. The institution or establishment of something.

[Latin īnstaurātiō, īnstaurātiōn-, from īnstaurātus, past participle of īnstaurāre, to renew; see stā- in Indo-European roots.]
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Instauration

In`stau*ra"tion\, n. [L. instauratio: cf. F. instauration.] Restoration after decay, lapse, or dilapidation; renewal; repair; renovation; renaissance.

Some great catastrophe or . . . instauration. --T. Burnet.
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