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revival

[ ri-vahy-vuhl ]

noun

  1. restoration to life, consciousness, vigor, strength, etc.
  2. restoration to use, acceptance, or currency:

    the revival of old customs.

  3. a new production of an old play.
  4. a showing of an old motion picture.
  5. an awakening, in a church or community, of interest in and care for matters relating to personal religion.
  6. an evangelistic service or a series of services for the purpose of effecting a religious awakening:

    to hold a revival.

  7. the act of reviving.
  8. the state of being revived.
  9. Law. the reestablishment of legal force and effect.


revival

/ rɪˈvaɪvəl /

noun

  1. the act or an instance of reviving or the state of being revived
  2. an instance of returning to life or consciousness; restoration of vigour or vitality
  3. a renewed use, acceptance of, or interest in (past customs, styles, etc)

    the Gothic revival

    a revival of learning

  4. a new production of a play that has not been recently performed
  5. a reawakening of faith or renewal of commitment to religion
  6. an evangelistic meeting or service intended to effect such a reawakening in those present
  7. the re-establishment of legal validity, as of a judgment, contract, etc
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


revival

  1. In Christianity , an energetic meeting intended to “revive” religious faith. Common among fundamentalists, these meetings are characterized by impassioned preaching and singing.


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Other Words From

  • nonre·vival noun
  • prere·vival noun adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of revival1

First recorded in 1645–55; revive + -al 2
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Example Sentences

Local baseball entertainment is at the heart of countless downtown revivals.

From Ozy

“I spent a lot of time with Helen even before we started writing the script,” says Moon, adding that they’d go for walks, get lunch together, and that she was able to join Reddy during something of a revival tour.

From Fortune

At a time of protest live-streams and breaking news notifications, there has been an unlikely revival of the old-school print newspaper in Hong Kong.

From Quartz

The late Adam Parfrey, Feral House publisher, trod similar ground with his revival of 1950s police gazettes and girlie mags.

From Ozy

However, it is likely that this figure would have been even higher, had it not been for the tax revenues from that better-than-expected retail revival.

From Fortune

Since then, Jamshed, like much of the country he once honored in song, has gone through a religious revival.

Isaacs grew up in Britain, first Liverpool, then London, during a period of economic turmoil and conservative revival.

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Nazi t-shirts are also very popular in Thailand, which is one step away from staging a revival of Springtime For Hitler.

Yet, in pursuit of that ‘great revival of art,’ his anxiety, depression, and overall health began to deteriorate.

However great the power of Revival, there is no memory unless there was a First Impression.

The first and most prominent thing which strikes an observer, is, the undoubted general revival of trade and commerce.

The object and the means were the revival of the nautical labourer of twenty years before.

Memory, which implies a former conscious experience, its retention, revival and recognition.

The undeniably great success of this new Provençal literature justifies completely the revival of the dialect.

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