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

Corpus is emphatically, before all other colleges in Oxford, the college of the Revival of Learning; its very foundation marked the change from the old order of things to the new.

From The Charm of Oxford by Wells, J. (Joseph)

This new study has been called the Revival of Learning or the New Learning.

From Ontario Teachers' Manuals: History by Ontario. Ministry of Education

The dark night of ignorance yields to the rising sun of learning, for the art of printing and the glories of the Revival of Learning have liberated the minds of men.

From The Browning Cyclop?dia A Guide to the Study of the Works of Robert Browning by Berdoe, Edward

These new Latin words came in with the Revival of Learning, which is also called the Renascence.

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

The Revival of Learning, or the Renaissance, began as early as the tenth century.

From Selections from the Poems and Plays of Robert Browning by Reynolds, Myra