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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Renaissance  \Re*nais`sance"\  (F.  re-n[asl]`s[aum]Ns";  E. 
  r[-e]-n[=a]s"sans),  n.  [F.,  fr  rena[^i]tre  to  be  born  again 
  Cf  {Renascence}.] 
  A  new  birth,  or  revival.  Specifically: 
  a  The  transitional  movement  in  Europe,  marked  by  the 
  revival  of  classical  learning  and  art  in  Italy  in  the 
  15th  century,  and  the  similar  revival  following  in  other 
  countries. 
  b  The  style  of  art  which  prevailed  at  this  epoch. 
 
  The  Renaissance  was  rather  the  last  stage  of  the 
  Middle  Ages,  emerging  from  ecclesiastical  and 
  feudal  despotism,  developing  what  was  original  in 
  medi[ae]val  ideas  by  the  light  of  classic  arts  and 
  letters.  --J.  A. 
  Symonds 
  (Encyc. 
  Brit.). 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  Renaissance 
  n  1:  the  period  of  European  history  at  the  close  of  the  Middle 
  Ages  and  the  rise  of  the  modern  world;  a  cultural 
  rebirth  from  the  14th  through  the  middle  of  the  17th 
  centuries  [syn:  {Renaissance}] 
  2:  the  revival  of  learning  and  culture  [syn:  {rebirth},  {renascence}] 




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