Word of the Day
for Monday,
September 30, 2013
Instauration \in-staw-REY-shuhn\, noun:
1. renewal; restoration; renovation; repair.
2. Obsolete. an act of instituting something; establishment.
2. Obsolete. an act of instituting something; establishment.
Hence, the Pope
proclaimed the instauration
of the Roman Empire, under two Emperors, a Northern Emperor and a Southern
Emperor; and confirmed the same to the King of Prussia and the King of Italy as
representatives of the dynasties of Hohenzollern and Savoy respectively.
-- Frederick Rolfe, Hadrian the Seventh, 1904
-- Frederick Rolfe, Hadrian the Seventh, 1904
Books such as those of
Galileo and Copernicus were meant to stir up debates among scholars and
astronomers, he insisted, to challenge old prejudices and enlighten the
ignorant, to work towards a great instauration
of knowledge.
-- Ross King, Ex Libris, 1913
-- Ross King, Ex Libris, 1913
Instauration comes from the Latin word instaurātiōn-
meaning "a renewing, repeating."
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