aggiornamento

American  

[uh-jawr-nuh-men-toh, ahd-jawr-nah-men-taw] / əˌdʒɔr nəˈmɛn toʊ, ɑdˌdʒɔr nɑˈmɛn tɔ /

noun

plural

aggiornamenti

1. the act of bringing something up to date to meet current needs.

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aggiornamento British  

/ addʒornaˈmɛnto /

noun

1. RC Church the process of bringing up to date methods, ideas, etc

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Etymology

Origin of aggiornamento

First recorded in 1960–65; from Italian, equivalent to aggiorna(re) “to revise, update,” equivalent to ag- verbal prefix + -giornare, verbal derivative of giorno “day” + -mento noun suffix. See ad-, adjourn, -ment

Example Sentences

By the grace of God Pope Francis will effect an aggiornamento and, at the same time, ressourcement in Holy Mother Church.

From New York Times • Dec. 22, 2014

Theme of the meeting: how Italian Protestants can match the aggiornamento of the Vatican Council.

From Time Magazine Archive

That reformation is most spectacular in Rome, where the Second Vatican Council has unleashed a passion for aggiornamento in the most tradition-encrusted of churches.

From Time Magazine Archive

In the years that followed, the movement that John called aggiornamento, or modernization, became part of a revolution larger than John had foreseen�a tumultuous moral and social upheaval around the world.

From Time Magazine Archive

In that church the altar is placed to let the priest face the congregation, in contrast to centuries of practice and in compliance with Catholicism's current aggiornamento.

From Time Magazine Archive