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Renascence

American  
[ri-nas-uhns, -nay-suhns] / rɪˈnæs əns, -ˈneɪ səns /

noun

(sometimes lowercase)
  1. Renaissance.


renascence British  
/ -ˈneɪ- /

noun

  1. a variant of renaissance

"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

Etymology

Origin of Renascence

First recorded in 1720–30; renasc(ent) + -ence


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Here at Renascence, the level of control is not as punishing, but it is strict.

From Washington Times ● Mar. 10, 2018

He’s now a resident of Renascence, a transition home for men paroled for nonviolent offenses.

From Washington Times ● Mar. 10, 2018

Renascence is a private, tax exempt program, operating from donations.

From Washington Times ● Mar. 10, 2018

I was immediately struck by the amazing parallel with Edna St. Vincent Millay's poem Renascence.

From Time Magazine Archive

The Greek was no heathen, suckled by nature and endowed only with her instincts; he sought in his mind to improve nature: but in the Renascence instincts were set as free as thought.

From Science and Medieval Thought The Harveian Oration Delivered Before the Royal College of Physicians, October 18, 1900 by Sir Thomas Clifford Allbutt

If a country's industries are experiencing a renascence, they would be importing more semi-finished goods and machinery.

From Economist ● Apr. 2, 2013

Astrologers insist that since their art is actually a science, its renascence was foreordained.

From Time Magazine Archive

To many an observer, the success of last week's Ball signalized the renascence enjoyed by the Beaux-Arts Institute since Ely Jacques Kahn became chairman of its Board of Trustees three years ago.

From Time Magazine Archive

The renascence of non-Christian religions and the spread of new ideologies necessitate a new approach in our evangelizing task.

From Time Magazine Archive

Now, in the renascence of the native literature, poets of the highest rank were destined to receive the same material from the people and to give it a form appropriate to their own culture.

From Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature Part 1 (of 2) by John Addington Symonds

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