Revival of Learning

American  

[ri-vahy-vuhl uhv lur-ning] / rɪˈvaɪ vəl əv ˈlɜr nɪŋ /

noun

1. the Renaissance in its relation to learning, especially in literature Revival of Literature or Revival of Letters.

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Etymology

Origin of Revival of Learning

First recorded in 1775–85

Example Sentences

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Revival of Learning

The time is "shortly after the Revival of Learning in Europe"; the place— a tall mountain, citied to the top, Crowded with culture!— is imagined to suit the idea of the poem.

From Robert Browning by Dowden, Edward

He published proposals for a History of the Revival of Learning; and I have heard him speak with great kindness of Leo the tenth, and with keen resentment of his tasteless successour.

From The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. in Nine Volumes Volume the Eighth: The Lives of the Poets, Volume II by Johnson, Samuel

No doubt there were Men of as good natural Abilities in the Ages before the Revival of Learning, as there have been since.

From 'Of Genius', in The Occasional Paper, and Preface to The Creation by Pahl, Gretchen Graf

The Revival of Learning in the sixteenth century gave us several thousands of Latin words.

From A Brief History of the English Language and Literature, Vol. 2 by Meiklejohn, John Miller Dow

Some buildings of their school may still be reckoned among the purest which remain to prove the sincerity of the Revival of Learning.

From The Life of Michelangelo Buonarroti by Symonds, John Addington